American airlines' takeover of TWA: An ex-post analysis of financial market information

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Flouris, Triant ^a   Swidler, Steve ^b  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American airlines; Economic performance; Financial analysis; Mergers; TWA

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; FINANCIAL MARKET; MERGER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 1642308810     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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