Emerging country cross-border acquisitions: Characteristics, acquirer returns and cross-sectional determinants

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-271

  Bhagat, Sanjai ^a   Malhotra, Shavin ^b   Zhu, PengCheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisitions; Emerging market acquirers; Event study; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955644928     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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