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Bilateral M&A Activity from the Global South

This paper studies the factors associated with outbound bilateral mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity by firms located in emerging economies. The authors document recent trends in emerging market M&A flows, which have risen dramatically...

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Main Authors:	Dailami, Mansoor, Kurlat, Sergio, Lim, Jamus Jerome
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES ADVANCED COUNTRIES ADVANCED COUNTRY ADVANCED ECONOMIES ADVANCED ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL PRICE ANNUAL GROWTH ASSETS BENCHMARK BENCHMARK SPECIFICATIONS BILATERAL TRADE BOND RATING CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CHECKS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT MATURITY CONTROL VARIABLES CORPORATE BOND CORPORATE BOND ISSUANCE CORPORATE BONDS CORPORATE GROWTH COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY RISK CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENT CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENTS CROSS-BORDER MERGERS CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS DEBT DEBT ISSUES DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC STOCK DOMESTIC STOCK MARKET ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC RISK ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET FIRMS EMERGING MARKETS EMERGING MULTINATIONAL EMERGING-MARKET ENERGY PRICE EQUITY HOLDINGS EQUITY STAKE ERROR COMPONENTS ESTIMATION STRATEGIES EXPENDITURE EXPORTS FACTOR PRICE FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FACTORS FINANCIAL OPENNESS FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED EFFECTS FORECASTS FOREIGN COMPANY FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESERVES FOREIGN TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GRAVITY MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOLDINGS HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOME MARKETS HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST ECONOMIES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BOND INTERNATIONAL BOND MARKETS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL RESERVE INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT REGIMES INVESTMENT STRATEGIES LARGE-SCALE INVESTMENT LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LOAN LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKETS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET COUNTRY MARKET PENETRATION MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MARKET TURNOVER MERGERS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES NEW MARKETS OUTPUT PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL STABILITY POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POTENTIAL OUTPUT PRICE INDEX PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING RATE OF GROWTH REAL ESTATE REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REGRESSION ANALYSES REGULATORS RESERVE RESERVE HOLDINGS RESERVES RETURN RETURNS RISK EXPOSURE ROBUSTNESS CHECK ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SALES SERIAL CORRELATION SOVEREIGN BOND SOVEREIGN BONDS SOVEREIGN RISK STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION STOCKS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES TARGET MARKETS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TREASURY TREASURY BOND TREASURY RATE TREATIES TREATY TURNOVER RATIO UNCERTAINTIES VOLATILE ECONOMIES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120118103328 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3237