Size, ownership and the market for corporate control

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-84

  Robinson, David T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749108184     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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