Corporate governance and the spinoff decision

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-93

  Ahn, Seoungpil ^a   Walker, Mark D ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problem; Corporate governance; Corporate spinoff; Diversification discount

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548225162     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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