Liquidity and firm characteristics: Evidence from mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-361

  Lipson, Marc L ^a   Mortal, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquidity; Market microstructure; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748817464     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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