Corporate asset purchases and sales: Theory and evidence

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-497

  Warusawitharana, Missaka ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Asset sales; Selection models; Tobin's Q

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149102402     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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