UK corporate governance and takeover performance

The Economics of Corporate Governance and Mergers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 226-261

  Cosh, Andy ^a   Guest, Paul ^a,b   Hughes, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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