The impact of specialist firm acquisitions on market quality

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-167

  Hatch, Brian C ^a   Johnson, Shane A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Market quality; Mergers; Specialists; Trading costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036787654     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00153-8     Document Type: Article

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