Mixing and matching: Prospective financial sector mergers and market valuation

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2367-2392

  Estrella, Arturo ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrage pricing theory; C2; C38; Diversification; Option pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041902195     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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