Information-signaling and competitive effects of foreign acquisitions in the US

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1307-1321

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Martin, Anna D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisitions; F23; Foreign acquisitions; G34; Intra industry effects; Rivals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041412892     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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