Ownership structure, family control, and acquisition decisions

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1636-1657

  Caprio, Lorenzo ^a   Croci, Ettore ^a   Del Giudice, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Bidder return; Family firm; Shareholder identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755189932     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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