Completion or abandonment of mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from the newspaper industry, 1981-2000

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-137

  Muehlfeld, Katrin ^a   Sahib, Padma Rao ^a   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 34547375213     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08997760701193746     Document Type: Article

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