The market for shareholder voting rights around mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from institutional daily trading and voting

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-145

  Bethel, Jennifer E ^a   Hu, Gang ^a   Wang, Qinghai ^b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Shareholder voting rights; Trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749085458     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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