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  • Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History (University of Chicago Press, 2006), chap. 4, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/corruption-and-reform-lessons-americas-economic-history/corporate-governance-and-plight-minority-shareholders-united-states-great-depression.

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