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Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet,...
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banks in individual EU countries help to explain the nature of cross-border merger activity. If they wish to protect …
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one large, universal bank remained. We explore the extent to which that merger resulted in monopoly rents for the combined …The merger of Fleet and BankBoston in September 1999 resulted in a regional New England lending market in which only … merger, Fleet and BankBoston charged unusually low loan interest rates, reflecting their ability to realize economies of …
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We analyze data on fees paid to investment bankers and acquisition premia paid for targets in cash tender offers. Our results are broadly consistent with the predictions of a benign view of the role of investment banks in advising acquisition targets. Fees to investment banks are correlated with...
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merge and post-merger value creation and synergies? We compile comprehensive information on U.S. bank acquisitions from 1986 …
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New security designs, improvements in computer telecommunications technology and advances in the theory of finance have led to revolutionary changes in the structure of financial markets and institutions. This paper provides a functional perspective on the dynamics of institutional change and...
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that the tax losses and credits of acquired firms likewise exerted no impact on merger activity. Though the use of such …
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relatively low in value added per employee at the time of takeover and before, a characteristic we take to indicate relatively …-term recoveries after takeover from the misfortunes of the takeover year and a return to higher growth rates of employment and output … year or two after takeover but seem to have increased their profitability or efficiency relative to their industries. The …
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