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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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Most US mergers are not reported to the government on the basis of their size, which can effectively exempt them from antitrust scrutiny, thereby leading to anticompetitive behavior. This paper studies premerger notification exemptions in the US dialysis industry. Over two decades, dialysis...
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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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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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. The extent of post-merger restructuring activities and their cross-sectional variation do not support an empire building …
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We examine how product differentiation influences mergers and acquisitions and the ability of firms to exploit product market synergies. Using novel text-based analysis of firm 10K product descriptions, we find three key results. (1) Firms are more likely to enter restructuring transactions when...
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