Are performance based arbitrage effects detectable? Evidence from merger arbitrage

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 793-812

  Officer, Micah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Merger arbitrage; Merger spreads; Performance based arbitrage

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349002801     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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