The takeover deterrent effect of open market share repurchases

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1827-1850

  Billett, Matthew T ^a   Xue, Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547922403     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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