Impact of mergers and acquisitions on firms’ performance adjusted to business cycle fluctuations in China

• Yi Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, Liaoning, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2284-1839

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• Tong Lin ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: 4455@cueb.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Urban Economics and Public Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3132-2356

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• Yuanbo Qiao

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Studies in County Development, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Qingdao Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Center for Yellow River Ecosystem Products, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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