Cross-ownership, returns, and voting in mergers

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Matvos, Gregor ^a   Ostrovsky, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidder returns; Mergers and acquisitions; Proxy voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049106597     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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