Shareholder diversification and the decision to go public

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2779-2824

  Bodnaruk, Andriy ^a   Kandel, Eugene ^b   Massa, Massimo ^c,e   Simonov, Andrei ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INSEAD ^*

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e INSEAD   (France)

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EID: 57349183240     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm036     Document Type: Article

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