The effect of cross-border acquisitions on shareholder wealth - Evidence from Switzerland

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-330

  Lowinski, Felix ^a   Schiereck, Dirk ^b   Thomas, Thomas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Capital market integration; Corporate control; Cross border acquisitions; Investment banks; Mergers; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142685262     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REQU.0000032601.84464.52     Document Type: Article

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