Market valuation and acquisition quality: Empirical evidence

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 633-679

  Bouwman, Christa H S ^a   Fuller, Kathleen ^b   Nain, Amrita S ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 59449088964     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm073     Document Type: Article

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