Do long-term shareholders benefit from corporate acquisitions?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1765-1790

  Loughran, Tim ^b   Vijh, Anand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0008744302     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb02741.x     Document Type: Article

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