Merger announcements and trading

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 263-278

  Ascioglu, N Asli ^a   McInish, Thomas H ^b   Wood, Robert A ^b  

^a Bryant College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

JEL classifications: G19

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001813367     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6803.t01-1-00007     Document Type: Article

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