Hold-up, stakeholders and takeover threats

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 376-397

  Chemla, Gilles ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Hold up; Investment; Stakeholder; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444479134     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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