Purchase versus pooling in stock-for-stock acquisitions: Why do firms care?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-286

  Aboody, David ^a   Kasznik, Ron ^b   Williams, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business combinations; Executive compensation; G34; M41; Pooling of interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042260486     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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