Audra L. Boone

Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business

Professor

Fort Worth, TX 76129

United States

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium

Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat

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Belgium

  • Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

The Determinants of Corporate Board Size and Composition: An Empirical Analysis

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 85, No. 1, 2007, AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Audra L. Boone, Laura Casares Field, Jonathan M. Karpoff and Charu G. Raheja
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Delaware - Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Wake Forest University
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Boards of Directors, IPOs, Ownership Evolution

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Comparing Acquisitions and Divestitures

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Apr 2000
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
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The Saliency of the CEO Pay Ratio

Review of Finance, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 11 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2023
Audra L. Boone, Austin Starkweather and Joshua T. White
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business and Vanderbilt University - Finance
Downloads 1,998 (17,480)
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Pay ratio, human capital disclosure, salient information, employee pay, ESG

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The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Transparency and Information Production

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2015
Audra L. Boone and Joshua T. White
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and Vanderbilt University - Finance
Downloads 1,880 (19,266)
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Institutional investors, Indexing, Voluntary disclosure, Earnings forecasts, Information asymmetry

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Valuing the Process of Corporate Restructuring

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jun 2001
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 1,518 (26,702)
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Event studies, valuation, mergers, divestitures

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How are Firms Sold?

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jan 2005
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 1,297 (33,725)
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Mergers and acquisitions, auction, negotiation

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The Role of Internal M&A Teams in Takeovers

Review of Finance, forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2023
Nihat Aktas, Audra L. Boone, Alexander Witkowski, Alexander Witkowski, Guosong Xu and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of ManagementWHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Mergers and acquisitions, Internal M&A teams, Financial advisors, Takeover process, Acquirer returns

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Who Monitors the Monitor? The Use of Special Committees by Target Firms in Corporate Takeovers

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 44, 2017, AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2017
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 1,014 (48,105)
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Acquisitions, Mergers, Board of Directors, Agency Problems, Conflicts

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Local Policy Uncertainty and Firm Disclosure

Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2021
Audra L. Boone, Abby Kim and Joshua T. White
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Vanderbilt University - Finance
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Political Uncertainty, Information Environment, Information Asymmetry, Voluntary Disclosure, Mandatory Disclosure

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Shareholder Litigation Risk and the Information Environment: Revisiting Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2023
Audra L. Boone, Eliezer M. Fich and Thomas P. Griffin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Drexel University - Department of Finance and Villanova University - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Information Environment, Disclosure, Shareholder Litigation, Silicon Graphics Inc. Ruling, Universal Demand Laws

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Corporate Restructuring and Corporate Auctions

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Feb 2003
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
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auctions, mergers, acquisitions, investment banks, restructuring

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The Private Deal Process in Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Nihat Aktas and Audra L. Boone
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business
Downloads 819 (64,648)
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private deal process, auction, negotiation, internal teams, external advisors, merger performance

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Shareholder Decision Rights in Acquisitions: Evidence from Tender Offers

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 331
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
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Merger, Tender Offer, Acquisitions, M&A, Supermajority, Shareholder Voting, Shareholder Approval, Delaware Law

14.

Product Similarity, Benchmarking, and Corporate Fraud

Sixth Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2024
Audra L. Boone, William Grieser, Rachel Li and Parth Venkat
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies
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Corporate Fraud, Product Market Similarity, Product Similarity, Benchmarking, Corporate Governance

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Is There Shareholder Expropriation in the U.S.? An Analysis of Publicly-Traded Subsidiaries

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Vol. 45, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2012
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Audra L. Boone and David Haushalter
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and Pennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration
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ownership structure, expropriation, consolidation, equity carve-out

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Redacting Proprietary Information at the Initial Public Offering

Finance Down Under 2014 Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Audra L. Boone, Ioannis V. Floros and Shane A. Johnson
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Department of Finance and Texas A&M University - Department of Finance
Downloads 657 (85,968)
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IPO, Product Markets, Underpricing, Proprietary information, Information asymmetry, Disclosure

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Merger Negotiations in the Shadow of Judicial Appraisal

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 381
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
Downloads 537 (111,008)
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Appraisal, Mergers, Appraisal Arbitrage

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The Role of Proxy Advisors and Large Passive Funds in Shareholder Voting: Lions or Lambs?

2nd Annual Financial Institutions, Regulation and Corporate Governance Conference
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2020
Audra L. Boone, Stuart Gillan and Mitch Towner
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Georgia - Department of Finance and University of Arizona - Department of Finance
Downloads 431 (144,597)
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Corporate Voting, Mutual Funds, Index Funds, Big 3, Proxy Advisory Firms, Corporate Governance

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Bankruptcy Spillover Effects on Strategic Alliance Partners

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2011
Audra L. Boone and Vladimir I. Ivanov
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and US Securities & Exchange Commission
Downloads 414 (151,534)
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Strategic Alliance, Joint Venture, Bankruptcy, Spillover Effects

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Time Trends and Determinants of the Method of Payment in M&As

Mays Business School Research Paper No. 2011-6
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2014
Audra L. Boone, Erik Lie and Yixin Liu
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business and University of New Hampshire
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Mergers, acquisitions, cash, stock

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The Effect of Institutional Investor Portfolio Diversification on Corporate Diversification

Number of pages: 103 Posted: 25 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2024
Audra L. Boone, Hursit S. Celil, Seungjoon Oh and Srinivasan Selvam
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Peking University - HSBC Business School, Peking University - HSBC Business School and EDHEC Business School - EDHEC Infrastructure Institute
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Institutional Ownership, Indexing, Portfolio Diversification, Corporate Diversification, Product Similarity

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How do Corporate Boards Balance Monitoring and Advising? The Situational Use of Special Committees in Corporate Takeovers

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 298 (217,212)
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Acquisitions, Mergers, Board of Directors, Agency Problems, Conflicts

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Do Termination Provisions Truncate the Takeover Bidding Process?

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Do Termination Provisions Truncate the Takeover Bidding Process?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 May 2006
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
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Takeover auctions, termination fees, stock option agreements, shareholder voting agreements

Do Termination Provisions Truncate the Takeover Bidding Process?

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 461-489, 2007
Posted: 17 Jul 2008
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance

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Portfolio Similarity: Institutional Ownership and Asset Prices

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 09 May 2022
Audra L. Boone, Hursit S. Celil and Srinivasan Selvam
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Peking University - HSBC Business School and EDHEC Business School - EDHEC Infrastructure Institute
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Institutional Investors, Product Market Similarity, Price discovery, Information Asymmetry

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Amicus Brief of Law and Finance Professors in Verition Partners v. Aruba Networks (Appraisal Lawsuit)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jan 2019
Brian J. Broughman, Audra L. Boone, Albert H. Choi, Jesse M. Fried, Mira Ganor, Antonio J. Macias and Noah Stoffman
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Michigan Law School, Harvard Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Baylor University and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Appraisal, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Mergers

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Reductions in CEO Career Horizons and Corporate Policies

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, Proceedings of Paris December 2019 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2020
Nihat Aktas, Audra L. Boone, Ettore Croci and Andrea Signori
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Catholic University of Milan
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CEO, career horizon, tenure, illness, opportunism, investment, R&D, payout

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An Investigation of the Gains from Specialized Equity Claims

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An Investigation of the Gains from Specialized Equity Claims

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Jun 2003
Audra L. Boone, David Haushalter and Wayne H. Mikkelson
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration and University of Oregon - Department of Finance
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Corporate Restructuring, Tracking Stocks, Equity Carve-outs, Operating Performance

An Investigation of the Gains from Specialized Equity Claims

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Jan 2005
Audra L. Boone, David Haushalter and Wayne H. Mikkelson
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Pennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration and University of Oregon - Department of Finance
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Do Private Equity Consortiums Facilitate Collusion in Takeover Bidding?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 22 Jan 2015
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 208 (310,688)
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takeover auctions; private equity; joint bidding; collusion; consortiums

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Reputational Concerns in the Market for Corporate Control

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2018
Audra L. Boone and Vahap Bülent Uysal
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and DePaul University
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Reputational capital, mergers and acquisitions, environmental practices, spillover effects

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Is the Bottom Line the Top Priority? A Choice Model of Revenue and Earnings Guidance

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Jan 2021
Audra L. Boone, Craig M. Lewis, Austin Starkweather and Joshua T. White
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Finance, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business and Vanderbilt University - Finance
Downloads 172 (369,400)
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voluntary disclosure, guidance, revenue forecasts, sales guidance, multinomial logit

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Unravelling Bidding Strategies in M&A Transactions: Evidence from the Private Phase of the Deal Process

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 1015/2024
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Oct 2024 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2024
Audra L. Boone, Wouter DE MAESENEIRE, Sebastien DEREEPER, Mathieu Luypaert and Mai THUY NGUYEN
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vlerick Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Vlerick Business School and Vietnamese German University
Downloads 158 (397,511)
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Bidding, Auctions, Negotiations, Offer Precision

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Public Expenditures and Racial Disparities: Economic Effects of State Municipal Restructuring Policies

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Nov 2023
Audra L. Boone, Xin Fan and John Hund
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Georgia
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Default risk, municipal debt, Chapter 9, housing prices, local expenditures, bankruptcy

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Do Appraisal Challenges Benefit Target Shareholders Through Narrowing Arbitrage Spread? – A Reply

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 29 Aug 2020
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
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Mitigating Acquisition Risk: The Critical Role of Indemnification during Merger Contracting

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Patrick Hopkins, Audra L. Boone and Disen Huang Albrecht
Texas Christian University, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting & Information Systems
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Indemnification, Due Diligence, Representations and Warranties

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Ongoing SEC Disclosures by Foreign Firms

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 06 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020
Audra L. Boone, Kathryn M. Schumann and Joshua T. White
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Vanderbilt University - Finance

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Information Environment, Disclosure, Foreign Firms, Cross-Listing, SEC Form 6-K, Foreign Private Issuer

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Do Auctions Induce a Winner's Curse? New Evidence from the Corporate Takeover Market

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2008
Audra L. Boone and J. Harold Mulherin
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance
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Mergers and acquisitions, auction, negotiation, bidder returns