Financial integration and firm performance: Evidence from foreign bank entry in emerging markets

Review of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-223

  Giannetti, Mariassunta ^a   Ongena, Steven ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 65249168701     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfm019     Document Type: Article

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