Acquisitions and Foreign Competition

I provide evidence on the impact of foreign competition on firms' propensities to engage in mergers and acquisitions. Using import tariff reductions as an exogenous shock that increases foreign industry competition, I find that affected firms are more likely to make acquisitions following a tar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivasan, Shweta
Other Authors: Klasa, Sandy J.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555941