share of sales from product innovations is not significantly affected by a foreign takeover for a given amount of innovation …

association with post-merger patenting is mainly driven by patents invented in the countries of the acquirers headquarter and its …

predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in an innovation intensive industry. For a high degree of firm … heterogeneity, a merger reduces innovation of both the merged entity and non-merging competitors in an industry with high R … consistent with many predictions of the theoretical model. Our main result is that after a merger, patenting and R&D of the …

set of industries. We exploit expert market definitions from the European Commission's merger decisions to identify … particularly pronounced in markets with few players, high initial markups and concentration. We also provide evidence that merger … rivals reduce their employment, sales and investment, while their profits increase around the time of a merger. …

This paper analyzes the effects of a merger between a German supermarket chain and a soft discounter on consumer prices … indicate that both insiders and outsiders raised average prices after the merger, particularly in regions with high expected …

data from the European Commission’s market assessments in merger decisions with production data, we use recent … the performance of almost 600 rival firms in close to 200 merger cases before and after the change in market structure … increase their markups in the years after a merger. The effects are concentrated in markets with few competitors, among firms …

inputs and outputs. Results are mixed for outcomes related to variety and product quality. Literature on merger effects on … derive a number of ideas and options for merger policy. …

German firms with a merger and acquisition database. After a cross-border acquisition, investing firms display a higher rate …