Voluntary use of independent valuation advice by target firm boards in takeovers

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-387

  Bugeja, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Fairness opinions; Independent expert reports; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548304064     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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