A theory of corporate spin-offs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-290

  Chemmanur, Thomas J ^a   Yan, An ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Restructuring; Spin offs; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842659089     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2003.05.002     Document Type: Article

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