The stock market reaction to cross-border acquisitions of financial services firms: An analysis of Canadian banks

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 12, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 419-440

  Bessler, Wolfgang ^a   Murtagh, James P ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank merger and acquisitions; Canadian banks; Financial services consolidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036788515     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(02)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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