Do Buyouts (Still) Create Value?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 479-517

  Guo, Shourun ^a   Hotchkiss, Edith S ^b   Song, Weihong ^c  

^a DUKE ENERGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 79952779476     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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