Horizontal acquisitions and buying power: A product market analysis

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-115

  Bhattacharyya, Sugato ^a   Nain, Amrita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buying power; Mergers; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149496093     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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