Implications of data screens on merger and acquisition analysis: A large sample study of mergers and acquisitions from 1992 to 2009

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2317-2357

  Netter, Jeffry ^a,d   Stegemoller, Mike ^b   Wintoki, M Babajide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d 456 Brooks Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79959747686     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr010     Document Type: Article

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