The risk and return of arbitrage in dual-listed companies

Review of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-520

  De Jong, Abe ^a   Rosenthal, Leonard ^b   Van Dijk, Mathijs A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68449102195     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfn031     Document Type: Article

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