The industry effects regarding the probability of takeovers

Financial Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Madura, Jeff ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Industry effect; Industry specific and rival firm specific characteristics; Probability of takeover

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444307772     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1999.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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