Managerial ownership, board structure, and the division of gains in divestitures

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-70

  Hanson, Robert C ^a   Song, Moon H ^b  

^a Michigan University   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board structure; Divestitures; G32; G34; Managerial ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002221648     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-1199(99)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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