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Employment effects of mergers and acquisitions in the United States by sector

Nadia Doytch Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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Franklin G. Mixon D. Abbott Turner College of Business and Computer Science, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, 31907, USA
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Kamal P. Upadhyaya Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, 06516, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 925-928 | Published online: 18 Jan 2011

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