Industry aspects of takeovers and divestitures: Evidence from the UK

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3015-3040

  Powell, Ronan ^a   Yawson, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Deregulation; Industry shocks; Panel data; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044450345     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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