Foreign ownership and firm performance: Emerging market acquisitions in the United States

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-42

  Chari, Anusha ^a   Chen, Wenjie ^b   Dominguez, Kathryn M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84863367924     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2012.1     Document Type: Review

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