The search for value: Cross-border bank M&A in emerging markets

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 274-296

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Liao, Angel ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43549123292     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2008.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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