Firm size, takeover profitability, and the effectiveness of the market for corporate control: Does the absence of anti-takeover provisions make a difference?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-437

  Humphery Jenner, Mark L ^a,b   Powell, Ronan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Empire building; Entrenchment; Size effect; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951492060     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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