Do Takeover Targets Underperform? Evidence from Operating and Stock Returns

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 721-746

  Agrawal, Anup ^a   Jaffe, Jeffrey F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0141641297     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126741     Document Type: Review

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