Family control and dilution in mergers

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 829-841

  Basu, Nilanjan ^a   Dimitrova, Lora ^a   Paeglis, Imants ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family firms; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749087023     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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