Institutional cross-holdings and their effect on acquisition decisions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-39

  Harford, Jarrad ^a   Jenter, Dirk ^b   Li, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross holdings; Institutional investors; Mergers and acquisitions; Shareholder preferences; Value reducing acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149499609     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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