The role of investment banks in acquisitions

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 787-815

  Servaes, Henri ^a,b   Zenner, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0030493869     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/9.3.787     Document Type: Article

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