Firm performance and focus: Long-run stock market performance following spinoffs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-101

  Desai, Hemang ^a   Jain, Prem C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divestiture; Focus; G14; G32; Long run performance; Operating performance; Spinoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001923814     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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