Debt, debt structure and corporate performance after unsuccessful takeovers: Evidence from targets that remain independent

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 882-914

  Jandik, Tomas ^a   Makhija, Anil K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Level and structure of debt; Unsuccessful bids

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144483352     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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