Bidding strategies and takeover premiums: A review

Journal of Corporate Finance - Tập 15 Số 1 - Trang 149-178 - 2009
B. Espen Eckbo1
1Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA

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