Corporate governance reforms around the world and cross-border acquisitions

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 236-253

  Kim, E Han ^a   Lu, Yao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Control premiums; Corporate governance reforms; Investor protection; Target selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880254284     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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