Does corporate international diversification destroy value? Evidence from cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2716-2724

  Dos Santos, Marcelo B ^a   Errunza, Vihang R ^a   Miller, Darius P ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate international diversification; Diversification discount; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349112493     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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