behavior; and (5) we find interesting results linking patents to GM's bankruptcy, the Daimler-Chrysler merger, environmental …

Using a detailed and large data set on cross-border merger and acquisitions we discuss the relationship between theory …-seeking', (iii) M&As come in waves (the most recent wave is still unfolding), (iv) economic integration (international deregulation … stylized facts drive and should drive recent theoretical contributions in the field of international economics that try to …

programs and the benefits of international antitrust cooperation between agencies. When international antitrust prosecution is …

within the firm. The welfare analysis illustrates that larger countries are better off after the merger. By contrast, smaller … countries may lose, if the pre-merger production cost differential across firms is negligible and/or a post-merger technology … effects of a merger. In this respect, the main result of the paper is that an adjustment of plant location in space can …

-degenerate world income distribution. In accordance with the empirical literature, I find that country characteristics such as the … policies such as subsidies to innovation investments explain a country's position in the eventual world income distribution …

Niobium is a highly strategic mineral, in which Brazil holds almost all of the world's reserves followed by Canada …

With the availability of international value added trade data it has become evident that gross export data and value …