Management quality and antitakeover provisions

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 651-692

  Chemmanur, Thomas J ^a   Paeglis, Imants ^b   Simonyan, Karen ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861647257     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655805     Document Type: Article

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