The role of risk management in mergers and merger waves

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-532

  Garfinkel, Jon A ^a   Hankins, Kristine Watson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Merger waves; Risk management; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960417498     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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