Sub-optimal acquisition decisions under a majority shareholder system

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-405

  Bigelli, Marco ^a,b   Mengoli, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Event study; Non voting shares; Private benefits; Pyramidal groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444272752     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-004-4896-2     Document Type: Article

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