Do going-private transactions affect plant efficiency and investment?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1929-1976

  Bharath, Sreedhar ^a   Dittmar, Amy ^b   Sivadasan, Jagadeesh ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84903140957     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhu027     Document Type: Article

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