Discussion of agency, bid resistance and the market for corporate control

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 1067-1074

  Wright, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4444315821     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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