Riding the merger wave: Uncertainty, reduced monitoring, and bad acquisitions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-88

  Duchin, Ran ^a   Schmidt, Breno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Merger waves; Mergers and acquisitions; Turnover; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870370310     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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