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Using data from Chile and Korea, we find that a larger fraction of aggregate productivity growth is due to firm entry and exit during fast-growth episodes compared to slow-growth episodes. Studies of other countries confirm this empirical relationship. We develop a model of endogenous firm entry...
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Using data on 4.1 million apps at the Google Play Store from 2016 to 2019, we document that GDPR induced the exit of about a third of available apps; and in the quarters following implementation, entry of new apps fell by half. We estimate a structural model of demand and entry in the app...
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Using U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data for individual foreign acquisitions and new establishments in the U.S from 1988 to 1998, and aggregate data for 1980 to 1998, we find that acquisitions and establishments of new firms tend to occur in periods of high U.S. growth and take place mainly...
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holds that liquidations are beneficial in that they result in increased restructuring. Another view holds that liquidations … of theory and empirical evidence on gross job flows and on financial and labor market rents, we find that, cumulatively …, recessions result in reduced restructuring, and that this is likely to be socially costly once we consider inefficiencies on both …
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accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. During McKinley's term in office the largest wave of merger activity in …
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Merger efficiencies provide the primary justification for why mergers of competitors may benefit consumers … merger of Miller and Coors breweries was expected to increase concentration and reduce costs. All else equal, the average …
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We investigate the motives and consequences of the consolidation of banks in Japan during the period of fiscal year …
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research in the areas of collusion and merger enforcement. Research relating to both collusion and mergers has made significant …-based measurement) and theoretical work in advancing our understanding of collusive and merger-related phenomena …
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guidelines reflect a substantial consensus on the appropriate template for merger assessment. Nevertheless, official protocols …
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This paper examines the causes of manufacturing plant deaths within and across industries in the U.S. from 1977-1997. The effects of international competition from low wage countries, exporting, ownership structure, product diversity, productivity, geography, and plant characteristics are...
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