The effect of merger anticipation on bidder and target firm announcement period returns

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-611

  Cornett, Marcia Millon ^a   Tanyeri, Başak ^b   Tehranian, Hassan ^c  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial performance; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954602520     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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