The finance literature on mergers: A critical survey

Competition, Monopoly and Corporate Governance: Essays in Honour of Keith Cowling

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 159-205

  Mueller, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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