50+ years of diversification announcements

Financial Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-262

  Akbulut, Mehmet E ^a   Matsusaka, John G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate diversification; Event study; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053900600     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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