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Harold Demsetz had a legacy that has not been all that unusual for pioneers in finance. His roots can be traced back to the countries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that produced such great minds as John von Neumann. However, the amazing innovativeness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not broadly shared among its residents.
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Harold Demsetz, Ownership Control and the Firm, vol. 1, Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1988, p. 8.
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Read, C. (2015). Harold Demsetz. In: The Corporate Financiers. Great Minds in Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137341280_24
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