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Do CEO Cognitive Biases Affect M&A Performance? Evidence from Russian Firms

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Skvortsova I., Вершинина А. И.
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Keywords: Russian marketoverconfidenceCEOavailability bias

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IV Российский экономический конгресс «РЭК-2020»
Т. XVII: Тематическая конференция «Корпоративное управление и экономика фирмы» (сборник материалов) . , Москва, 2020.
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