Effects of private and public Canadian mergers

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Yuce, Ayse ^a   Ng, Alex ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Mergers; Private acquirers; Return; Shareholder wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144434377     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2005.tb00713.x     Document Type: Article

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