Conditional returns to shareholders of bidding Firms: an Australian study

This study examines the importance of the self-selection problem when evaluating returns to bidder firms around announcement events. Takeover announcements are not random because managers decide rationally whether to bid or not, which indicates announcements are timed; consequently, in the presence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akhtar, Farida
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15479