Trade liberalization and the profitability of mergers: A global analysis

Review of International Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 941-957

  Benchekroun, Hassan ^a   Chaudhuri, Amrita Ray ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERGER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 33750433182     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2006.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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