Corporate governance and merger activity in the United States: Making sense of the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-144

  Holmstrom, Bengt ^a,c   Kaplan, Steven N ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000357552     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.15.2.121     Document Type: Review

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