A century of corporate takeovers: What have we learned and where do we stand?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2148-2177

  Martynova, Marina ^a   Renneboog, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G34; Industry shocks; Market timing; Mergers and acquisitions; Takeover waves; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349152991     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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