International Taxation and the Direction and Volume of Cross-Border M&As

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1217-1249

  Huizinga, Harry P ^a   Voget, Johannes ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 65749092049     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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