Target behavior and financing: How conclusive is the evidence?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1767-1796

  Chang, Xin ^a   Dasgupta, Sudipto ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 68249140234     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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