While cross-border-acquisitions (CBA) constitute a significant and expanding proportion of the total mergers and acquisitions transactions, their benefits and costs to the acquiring firm's shareholders are not fully understood. The documented evidence that a country's legal environment and level...

We examine whether immigration-related fear sentiments (IFS), that escalates populist views, affects the flow of inbound cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). Consistent with the economic conjecture that IFS induced populist policies can create economic uncertainty and dead-weight costs for...