Cross-listings and M&A activity: Transatlantic evidence

Financial Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-142

  Tolmunen, Pasi ^a   Torstila, Sami ^b  

^a Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 19744371468     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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