Predicting UK takeover targets: Some methodological issues and an empirical study

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-302

  Barnes, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Prediction; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043135419     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008378900054     Document Type: Article

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