Let's make a deal! How shareholder control impacts merger payoffs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-190

  Moeller, Thomas ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Agency; Governance; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344347036     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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