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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The undervaluation hypothesis

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  • Vasconcellos, Geraldo M.
  • Kish, Richard J.

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  • Gonzalez, Pedro & Vasconcellos, Geraldo M. & Kish, Richard J., 1998. "Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The undervaluation hypothesis," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 25-45.
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