Tracking stock or spin-off? Determinants of choice

Financial Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-139

  Danielova, Anna N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 70350173728     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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