Equity Markets Do Not Fit All: An Analysis of Public-to-Private Deals in Continental Europe

European Financial Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 867-895

  Geranio, Manuela ^a   Zanotti, Giovanna ^b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c SDA Bocconi School of Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abnormal returns; CAR; Continental Europe; Equity markets; Going private; Public to private deals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867821561     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2010.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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