Intra-industry signals embedded in bank acquisition announcements

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1637-1654

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Madura, Jeff ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank acquisitions; Bank mergers; Bank rivals; G21; G34; Intra industry effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043098280     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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