Economic integration and the profitability of cross-border mergers and acquisitions

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1211-1226

  Bjorvatn, Kjetil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic integration; Foreign direct investment; Mergers and acquisitions; Trade

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MERGER; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 4444272665     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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