Hidalgo, Marisa Hidalgo; Blanes, Guadalupe Valera - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2013
There is a recent tendency toward encouraging universities to merge. This policy is based on the idea that mergers … may reduce competition for both research funds and professors. This paper analyzes whether or not mergers among … potential merger institutions in terms of their reputation the greater the amount of funds needed to make mergers profitable. …