Shareholder Wealth Effects of European Domestic and Cross-border Takeover Bids

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-45

  Goergen, Marc ^a   Renneboog, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic and cross border takeover bids; G32; G34; Hostile takeovers; Mergers and acquisitions; Short term wealth effects; The market for corporate control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988500857     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2004.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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