European market integration through technology-driven M&As

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2143-2153

  Frey, Rainer ^a   Hussinger, Katrin ^b,c,d  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MERGER; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960766351     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840903153796     Document Type: Article

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