Modelling takeover likelihood

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 1009-1030

  Powell, Ronan G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001536439     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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