Market values and efficiency in US insurer acquisitions and divestitures

Managerial Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-155

  Cummins, J David ^a   Xie, Xiaoying ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Data analysis; Divestment; Insurance; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015690829     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350910923482     Document Type: Article

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