Institutional Investor Preferences and Price Pressure: The Case of Corporate Spin-Offs

Journal of Business

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-261

  Abarbanell, Jeffery S ^a   Bushee, Brian J ^b   Raedy, Jana Smith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0742323904     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367749     Document Type: Review

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