The impact on UK acquirers of domestic, cross-border, public and private acquisitions

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 815-870

  Conn, Robert L ^a   Cosh, Andy ^b   Guest, Paul M ^b,c   Hughes, Alan ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Announcement returns; Cross border targets; Long run returns; Private targets; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844490633     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00615.x     Document Type: Review

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