Corporate Innovations and Mergers and Acquisitions

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1923-1960

  Bena, Jan ^a   Li, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84927521661     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12059     Document Type: Article

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