Valuation and performance of reacquisitions following equity carve-outs

Financial Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-246

  Gleason, Kimberly ^a   Madura, Jeff ^a   Pennathur, Anita K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockholder; Equity carve out; G14; G34; Initial public offering; Parent subsidiary merger; Reacquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749088637     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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