Industry distributional characteristics of financial ratios: An acquisition theory application

Financial Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-120

  Cudd, Mike ^a   Duggal, Rakesh ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Analysis; Financial; Mergers; Ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038189052     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01409.x     Document Type: Article

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