Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and the role of trade costs

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 849-866

  Hijzen, Alexander ^a,b   Görg, Holger ^b,c   Manchin, Miriam ^d,e  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDI; Gravity; International trade; Mergers and acquisitions; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MERGER; OECD;

EID: 44349168293     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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