Returns to Acquiring Firms Are Negatively Correlated with the Profitability

question 39

True/False

Returns to acquiring firms are negatively correlated with the profitability of the acquiring firm in cross-country mergers and acquisitions.

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Correlational Method

A non-experimental research method used to study the relationship between two variables without manipulating them.

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