How does the market for corporate control function for property companies?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-163

  Eichholtz, Piet M A ^a   Kok, Nils ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Mergers and acquisitions; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149140759     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-007-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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