The timing and terms of mergers motivated by economies of scale

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-62

  Lambrecht, Bart M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Merger waves; Real option

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742320288     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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