The sources of value destruction in acquisitions by entrenched managers

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-261

  Harford, Jarrad ^a   Humphery Jenner, Mark ^b,c   Powell, Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blockholders; Corporate governance; Entrenchment; Mergers; Overpayment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865567242     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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