Market liquidity, investor participation, and managerial autonomy: Why do firms go private?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2013-2059

  Boot, Arnoud W A ^a   Gopalan, Radhakrishnan ^b   Thakor, Anjan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 47749152179     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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