Long-term returns from equity carveouts

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-308

  Vijh, Anand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carveouts; Divestitures; G12; G14; G24; G34; Initial public offerings; Long term returns; Seasoned equity offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000683776     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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