Recapitalization of one class of common stock into dual-class: Growth and long-run stock returns

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 342-366

  Dimitrov, Valentin ^a   Jain, Prem C ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dual class structure; Long run performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144467252     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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