Shareholder litigation in mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1248-1268

  Krishnan, C N V ^a   Masulis, Ronald W ^b   Thomas, Randall S ^c   Thompson, Robert B ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Announcement period return; Deal completion rate; M A offers; Price revision; Shareholder class action lawsuits; Takeover premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865981169     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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