The effects of mergers and acquisitions on the firm size distribution

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Cefis, Elena ^a   Marsili, Orietta ^b   Schenk, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm entry and exit; Firm size distribution; Industry concentration; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549093172     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0105-9     Document Type: Article

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