Investment decisions and managerial discipline: Evidence from the takeover market

Financial Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 35-61

  Scholten, Ralph ^a  

^a International Arbitration and Litigation Practice   (United States)

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EID: 27144526592     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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