Identifying control motives in managerial ownership: Evidence from antitakeover legislation

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 637-672

  Cheng, Shijun ^a   Nagar, Venky ^a   Rajan, Madhav V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 25844498448     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhh010     Document Type: Article

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