## Abstract We examine the effects of mergers on the returns to acquiring companies' shareholders for a large sample of companies from both AngloβSaxon and nonβAngloβSaxon countries over the 1980s and 1990s. With the important exception of Japan, we find similar patterns of returns across both type
Risks and returns of acquiring and acquired firms in Singapore: An empirical analysis
β Scribed by Francis Koh; Lee Soo Hoon
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 806 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0217-4561
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