Analysing mergers and acquisitions in European financial services: An application of real options

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-355

  Dunis, Christian L ^a,c   Klein, Til ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking system; Event studies; Mergers and acquisitions; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944517079     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351847032000137456     Document Type: Article

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