Regulation and target takeover returns: Is there a link?

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-412

  Marshall, Ben R ^a   Anderson, Hamish D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Merger; Regulation; Takeover

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349265586     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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