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Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions : The Facts as a Guide for International Economics

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2021

Using a detailed and large data set on cross-border merger and acquisitions we discuss the relationship between theory and observed empirical characteristics: (i) most FDI is in the form of M&As, (ii) firms engaged in M&As seem to be 'market-seeking', (iii) M&As come in waves (the most recent...

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Airline Alliances, Carve-Outs and Collusion

Brueckner, Jan K. - 2011

In this paper, we ask how antitrust immunity subject to a carve-out affects collusion incentives in international airline alliances. We show that the gains from economies of density due to higher interline traffic under the alliance strengthen the incentive to collude on the interhub segment,...

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Carve-Outs Under Airline Antitrust Immunity

Brueckner, Jan K. - 2009

This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are designed to limit the potential anticompetitive effects of cooperation by alliance partners in hub-to-hub markets, where they provide overlapping nonstop service. While the paper...

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Competitive Devaluations in Commodity-Based Economies : Colombia and the Pacific Alliance Group

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2016

This paper investigates whether there is an S-Curve in Colombia using bilateral and disaggregated quarterly data for the period 1991-2014. More precisely, the short-run effects of a depreciation on the TB are analysed in 27 industries covered by the PAG Free Trade Agreement. The S-Curve found in...

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CEO Preferences and Acquisitions

Jenter, Dirk - 2011

of takeover bids. Mergers frequently force target CEOs to retire early, and CEOs' private merger costs are the forgone … costs, we find strong evidence that target CEO preferences affect merger patterns. The likelihood of receiving a takeover … in takeover activity appears discretely at the age-65 threshold, with no gradual increase as CEOs approach retirement age …

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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption

Norback, Pehr-Johan - 2013

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Such preemptive acquisitions by incumbents are shown to stimulate...

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Source Versus Residence Based Taxation with International Mergers and Acquisitions

Becker, Johannes - 2009

This paper analyses tax competition and tax coordination in a model where capital flows occur in the form of mergers and acquisitions, rather than greenfield investment. In this framework, we show that differences in residence based taxes do not necessarily distort international ownership...

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A Simple Model of Mergers and Innovation

Federico, Giulio - 2017

We analyze the impact of a merger on firms' incentives to innovate. We show that the merging parties always decrease their innovation efforts post-merger while the outsiders to the merger respond by increasing their effort. A merger tends to reduce overall innovation. Consumers are always worse...

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The Role of Toeholds and Capital Gains Taxes for Corporate Acquisition Strategies

Liberini, Federica - 2016

cash and stock used to finance the takeover (the method of payment). Within this framework, we analyze the effect of the …

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Income Tax Buyouts and Income Tax Evasion

Goerke, Laszlo - 2014

A tax buyout is a contract between tax authorities and a tax payer which reduces the marginal income tax rate in exchange for a lump-sum payment. While previous contributions have focussed on labour supply, we consider the interaction with tax evasion and show that a buyout can increase expected...

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