Is Eeuropean M & A regulation protectionist?

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 522, 2007, Pages 1096-1121

  Aktas, Nihat ^a   Bodt, Eric de ^a   Roll, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; MERGER; MONOPOLY; PROTECTIONISM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34447251855     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02068.x     Document Type: Article

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