Mergers and the market for organization capital

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-100

  Faria, André L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Merger waves; Mergers; Organization capital; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349132399     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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