International Corporate Governance Spillovers : Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions /

We develop and test the hypothesis that foreign direct investment promotes corporate governance spillovers in the host country. Using firm-level data on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M and A) and corporate governance in 22 countries, we find that cross-border M and As are associated with su...

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Auteur principal: Albuquerque, Rui
Autres auteurs: Brandao Marques, Luis, Ferreira, Miguel, Matos, Pedro
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/234
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF