Market response to European regulation of business combinations

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 731-757

  Aktas, Nihat ^a   De Bodt, Eric ^b   Roll, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11244325825     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003197     Document Type: Article

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