Detecting informed trading prior to hospitality acquisitions

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-585

  Oak, Seonghee ^a   Andrew, William ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Bid ask spread; Depth; Information asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749126089     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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