The post-merger performance puzzle

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 7-41

  Agrawal, Anup ^a   Jaffe, Jeffrey F ^a  

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EID: 0242428682     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-361X(00)01002-4     Document Type: Article

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