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Table 9.

Merger stage.

CGI CGII C-GOALS
Non-merger 4% 18% 12%
Pre-merger 4% 14% 10%
early-stage merger 30% 31% 30%
mid-stage merger 17% 18% 18%
late-stage merger 44% 18% 27%

Notes. Percentage of sources classified as different merger stages by Stierwalt et al. (2013) for the C-GOALS I, C-GOALS II and full C-GOALS sample.

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