Investigating the economic role of mergers

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-36

  Andrade, Gregor ^a   Stafford, Erik ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Corporate governance; Mergers; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344196717     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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