R&D and the incentives from merger and acquisition activity

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-78

  Phillips, Gordon M ^a   Zhdanov, Alexei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84871228815     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhs109     Document Type: Article

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