The effects of cross-border MAs on the acquirers' domestic performance: Firm-level evidence

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 957-990

  Stiebale, Joel ^a   Trax, Michaela ^b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Ruhr Graduate School in Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR SUPPLY; MERGER;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051988367     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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