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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Q-Theory of Mergers

  • Boyan Jovanovic
  • Peter L. Rousseau
American Economic Review
vol. 92, no. 2, May 2002
(pp. 198–204)
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Citation

Jovanovic, Boyan, and Peter L. Rousseau. 2002. "The Q-Theory of Mergers ." American Economic Review, 92 (2): 198–204. DOI: 10.1257/000282802320189249

JEL Classification

  • G34 Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
  • G31 Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies; Capacity