Mergers and acquisitions: CEO duality, operating performance and stock returns in Vietnam

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 298-316

  Pham, Nga ^a,b   Oh, K B ^a   Pech, Richard ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

CEO duality; Emerging markets; Endogeneity; Mergers and acquisitions; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947867753     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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