Acquirer-target social ties and merger outcomes

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-363

  Ishii, Joy ^a   Xuan, Yuhai ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Social connections; Social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899693161     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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