The value of investor protection: Firm evidence from cross-border mergers

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 605-648

  Bris, Arturo ^a,b   Cabolis, Christos ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 41549100523     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm089     Document Type: Article

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