Shareholder value creation in european M&As

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-81

  Campa, José Manuel ^a   Hernando, Ignacio ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Event study; G34; G38; L44; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001795600     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2004.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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