Activist arbitrage: A study of open-ending attempts of closed-end funds

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Bradley, Michael ^a   Brav, Alon ^a   Goldstein, Itay ^b   Jiang, Wei ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist arbitrage; Closed end funds; Communication; Feedback effects; Proxy reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350050548     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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