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The location of cross-border mergers & acquisitions in the USA
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2015 - First version: October 2014, this version: April 2015
neglected. In this paper we analyze the within country location-target selection of M&As in the USA. Extending Guadalupe (2012 … the USA for the period 1985-2012, we compare location choices of cross-border M&As to that of national M&As. We find that … across the USA than national M&As, and that for both forms of M&As location specific market access in the USA as well as …
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Foreign direct investment modes and local backward linkages
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Pavlou, Apostolis - 2014
We study a multinational enterprise's (MNE) choice of foreign direct investment (FDI) mode in a vertically related market with local input sourcing. We show that the vertical structure of the market and its features play a crucial role for the MNE's decision: backward linkages, enhanced upstream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238336
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Unlocking the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garita, Gus; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003711774
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Cross-border mergers & acquisitions : the facts as a guide for international economics
Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379813
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Effects of territorial and worldwide corporation tax systems on outbound M&As
Feld, Lars P.; Ruf, Martin; Scheuering, Uwe; Schreiber, … - 2013
Repatriation taxes reduce the competitiveness of multinational firms from tax credit countries when bidding for targets in low tax countries. This comparative disadvantage with respect to bidders from exemption countries violates ownership neutrality, which results in production inefficiencies...
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Downstream merger with oligopolistic input suppliers
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Straume, Odd Rune; Sørgard, Lars - 2002
We examine how a downstream merger affects input prices and, in turn, the profitability of a such a merger under … unions organising workers. If the input suppliers are plant-specific, we find that a merger is more profitable than in a … take part in a merger than being an outsider. For firm-specific input suppliers, on the other hand, results are reversed …
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves
Brakman, Steven (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2005
By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and on mergers and acquisitions M&As), we are able to test two implications of Neary's (2003, 2004a) recent theoretical work. Analyzing M&As in a General Oligopolistic Equilibrium (GOLE) model incorporating strategic interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003204045
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Foreign ownership and skillbiased technological change
Koch, Michael; Smolka, Marcel - 2018
We conduct an empirical investigation into the effects of foreign ownership on worker skills using firm-level data from Spain. To control for endogeneity bias due to selection into foreign ownership, we combine a difference-in-differences approach with a propensity score weighting estimator. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929606
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A model of heterogeneous firm matches in cross-border mergers & acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Gerritse, Michiel; … - 2018 - This version: May 2018
In contrast to empirical evidence, recent theories of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) assume perfect knowledge transfers - from high to low productivity firms - between acquirer and target. Using the Melitz (2003) model of heterogeneous firms, we develop a matching model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862878
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Corporate acquisitions and firm-level uncertainty : domestic versus cross-border deals
Bai, Ye; Girma, Sourafel; Riaño, Alejandro - 2020
-level uncertainty is characterized by a pecking order: the announcement of a domestic takeover leads to a reduction in the uncertainty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158166