Understanding Uncontested Director Elections

Yonca Ertimur
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Yonca Ertimur
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University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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Fabrizio Ferri
Fabrizio Ferri
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Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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David Oesch
David Oesch
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University of Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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Yonca Ertimur

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Yonca Ertimur

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-2378

University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309

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Fabrizio Ferri

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Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

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David Oesch

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University of Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland

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Published Online:26 Jun 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2760

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Received:June 10, 2016
Accepted:December 20, 2016
Published Online:June 26, 2017

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