IPO valuation of european pyramidal groups

Banking and Finance Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-34

  Meoli, Michele ^a   Paleari, Stefano ^a   Vismara, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business groups; IPO; Ownership structure; Pyramids; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251644047     PISSN: 19477945     EISSN: 19476140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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