Wealth effects for acquirers and divestors related to foreign divested assets

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-20

  Gleason, Kimberly C ^a   Mathur, Ike ^b   Singh, Manohar ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

F23; International Acquisitions; International Divestments; JEL classifications: G34

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043230077     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(99)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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