Tax benefits as a source of merger premiums in acquisitions of private corporations

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-387

  Erickson, Merle M ^a   Wang, Shiing Wu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Fax benefits; Faxes; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247493763     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.2.359     Document Type: Article

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