Evaluating the SDC Mergers and Acquisitions Database

We compare 20 years of data from Thompson Financial SDC Platinum (SDC)'s Mergers and Acquisitions database with a hand‐collected database, providing evidence on the completeness and accuracy of SDC data across time. We find that our hand‐collected data is generally more accurate than SDC, but S...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Financial review (Buffalo, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2014-11, Vol.49 (4), p.793-822
Hauptverfasser:	Barnes, Beau Grant, L. Harp, Nancy, Oler, Derek
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accuracy acquisitions Acquisitions & mergers Comparative studies Data base management G34 Measurement errors mergers SDC
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