Rational expectations, analysts' forecasts of earnings and sources of value gains for takeover targets

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-177

  Sudarsanam, Sudi ^a   Salami, Ayo ^b   Alexandrou, George ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Nomura International   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; New information; Rational expectations; Shareholder gains; Synergy; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942523706     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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