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Hostile Takeovers in the 1980s: The Return to Corporate Specialization

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  • Sanjai Bhagat

    (University of Colorado)

  • Andrei Shleifer

    (University of Chicago)

  • Robert W. Vishny

    (University of Chicago)

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  • Sanjai Bhagat & Andrei Shleifer & Robert W. Vishny, 1990. "Hostile Takeovers in the 1980s: The Return to Corporate Specialization," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 21(1990 Micr), pages 1-84.
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