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The aim of this paper is to analyze the cultural, social and political factors that can influence the mergers and acquisition (M&As) decision. Our study analyze if the investors perception towards investment in an economy can be influenced by these factors. The results show that social factors like public spending with health, literacy rate or people skills and abilities, cultural factors like the perception of the bureaucracy and new businesses or political factors like tax rates and democratic development are key determinants of M&As decision. These factors can be also explained in terms of investors’ behaviour in making new investments in a specific economy.
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To Cite this Article: Ciobanu, R., & Bahna, M. (2015). The Social, Cultural and Political Factors that Influence the Level of Mergers and Acquisitions. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 5(3), 43–54.
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