Cross-ownership, takeover threat and control benefit

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-667

  Kim, Daehwan ^a   Sung, Taeyoon ^b  

^a First Private Investment Management KA GmbH   (Germany)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 67650300013     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100801982638     Document Type: Article

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