An examination of initial shareholdings in tender offer bids

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-189

  Asquith, Daniel ^a   Kieschnick, Robert ^b  

^a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

^b FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta regression analysis; Tender offers; Toeholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006251911     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008356424446     Document Type: Article

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