Ownership structure as a determinant of firm value: Evidence from newly privatized czech firms

Financial Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-32

  Makhija, Anil K ^a   Spiro, Michael ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech voucher scheme; Ownership structure; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012592111     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01419.x     Document Type: Article

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