The financial effects of takeover: Accounting rates of return and accounting regulation

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 851-868

  Chatterjee, R ^a   Meeks, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2342532021     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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