Equity sales in Belgian corporate groups: Expropriation of minority shareholders? A clinical study

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-103

  Buysschaert, An ^a   Deloof, Marc ^b   Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate groups; Event study; Private benefits; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345490643     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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