Corporate spinoffs and information asymmetry between investors

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-503

  Huson, Mark R ^a   MacKinnon, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bid ask spreads; Information asymmetry; Spinoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037412141     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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