Informational content of option volume prior to takeovers

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1073-1109

  Cao, Charles ^a   Chen, Zhiwu ^b   Griffin, John M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 23444432864     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429654     Document Type: Article

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