Bargaining power and industry dependence in mergers

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 530-550

  Ahern, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Division of gains; Mergers and acquisitions; Product market relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855515461     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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