An analysis of the implications of uncertainty and agency problems on the wealth effects to acquirers of private firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 892-905

  Mantecon, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Informational uncertainties; IPO; Merger

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849141234     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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