Corporate governance and ownership structure of target companies and the outcome of takeovers

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-444

  Henry, Darren ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Determinants; Logit analysis; Ownership; Takeover outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342876679     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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