Are fairness opinions fair? The case of mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-207

  Kisgen, Darren J ^a   QJ Qian, Jun ^a   Song, Weihong ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Announcement return; Conflict of interest; Deal premium; Fairness opinion; Merger

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149086232     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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