An inconsistency in SEC disclosure requirements? The case of the "insignificant" private target

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 251-269

  Rodrigues, Usha ^a   Stegemoller, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Disclosure; Financial statements; Merger; SEC; Takeover

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249743792     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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