Post-merger restructuring and the boundaries of the firm

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-343

  Maksimovic, Vojislav ^a   Phillips, Gordon ^a,b   Prabhala, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Agency theory; Closures; Divestitures; Firm boundaries; Mergers; Post merger performance; Restructuring; Selloffs; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052709125     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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