Overpaid acquisitions and goodwill impairment losses — Evidence from the US
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Keywords
Goodwill; Impairment; Merger and acquisitions; SFAS 141; SFAS 142; Reliability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
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