On the patterns and wealth effects of vertical mergers

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 877-902

  Fan, Joseph P H ^a   Goyal, Vidhan K ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33644884995     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499141     Document Type: Review

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