Managerial reputation and divisional sell-offs: A model and empirical test

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1085-1106

  Guedes, Jose ^a   Parayre, Roch ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divestitures; Managerial reputation; Sell offs; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206376     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(97)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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