Does Foreign Direct Investment Induce Domestic Mergers?

Open Economies Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-291

  Kejžar, Katja Zajc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antitrust authority; Domestic mergers; Foreign direct investment; Industry consolidation; Investment liberalization; Market structure

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MERGER; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79953028960     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-009-9123-y     Document Type: Article

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