The identification of U.K. takeover targets using published historical cost accounting data Some empirical evidence comparing logit with linear discriminant analysis and raw financial ratios with industry-relative ratios

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-162

  Barnes, Paul ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Discriminant analysis; G34; Logit; Mergers; Prediction; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042227938     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(00)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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