Merger waves following industry deregulation

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-76

  Ovtchinnikov, Alexei V ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Deregulation; Mergers; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874008428     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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