Selling company shares to reluctant employees: France Telecom's experience

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-202

  Degeorge, François ^a,f   Jenter, Dirk ^b   Moel, Alberto ^c,d   Tufano, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Monitor United States   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee ownership; Portfolio choice; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347592523     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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