How do mergers create value? A comparison of taxes, market power, and efficiency improvements as explanations for synergies

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1179-1211

  Devos, Erik ^a   Kadapakkam, Palani Rajan ^b   Krishnamurthy, Srinivasan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60449088924     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn019     Document Type: Article

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