Corporate governance and merger activity in the U.S.
Subtitle: making sense of the 1980s and 1990s
By: Bengt Holmstrom, Steven N. Kaplan.
Contributors: Kaplan, Steven N.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 8220; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 8220.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Corporate governance -- United States -- History.; Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States -- History.; Leveraged buyouts -- United States -- History.; Capital market -- Deregulation -- United States.; Stockholders' voting -- United States -- History.; Corporations -- Valuation -- United States -- History.; Employee stock options -- United States -- History.; Stock repurchasing -- United States -- History.; Institutional investments -- United States -- History.
Notes: "April 2001."

JEL no. G3, L2.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-44).

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