Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Does the exchange rate matter? Some evidence for Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 450-474

  Georgopoulos, George J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE RATE; FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MERGER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749112483     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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