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Do acquirer company returns improve after a takeover? Empirical evidence for Australia

Stuart Dullard Blake Dawson Waldron, Sydney, Australia
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Kim Hawtrey Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 65-69 | Published online: 25 Jan 2008

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