Do spin-offs really create value? The European case

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1111-1135

  Veld, Chris ^a   Veld Merkoulova, Yulia V ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Divestitures; Event study; Industrial focus; Long run excess returns; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642364406     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(03)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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