Deal or no deal: Hormones and the mergers and acquisitions game

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1462-1483

  Levi, Maurice ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bid initiation; Bid Withdrawal; CEO testosterone; Male dominance seeking; Mergers and acquisitions; Tender offers

Indexed keywords

BID INITIATION; BID WITHDRAWAL; CEO TESTOSTERONE; MALE DOMINANCE SEEKING; TENDER OFFERS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77956625685     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1206     Document Type: Article

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