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Buying to sell : private equity buyouts and industrial restructuring
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - 2013
We show how temporary ownership by private equity firms affects industry structure, competition and welfare. Temporary ownership leads to strong investment incentives because equilibrium resale prices are determined by buyers incentives to block rivals from obtaining assets. These incentives...
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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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CEO preferences and acquisitions
Jenter, Dirk; Lewellen, Katharina - 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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Prices, schedules, and passenger welfare in multi-service transportation systems
Billette de Villemeur, Étienne; Vinella, Annalisa - 2019
We consider a multi-service transportation system in which passengers are heterogeneous along two dimensions, namely ideal departure time and value of time, leading to both horizontal and vertical differentiation. We investigate the behavior of passengers, and assess how service pricing and...
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The scope of auctions in the presence of downstream interactions and information externalities
Koska, Onur A.; Onur, Ilke; Stähler, Frank - 2015
We scrutinize the scope of auctions in the presence of downstream interactions and information externalities by using the topical example of a firm acquisition. We show that no mechanism exists that allows an investor to acquire a low-cost firm under incomplete information: a separating auction...
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Do mergers among multimarket firms create value?
Linde, Sebastian; Siebert, Ralph - 2016
Merger value is frequently evaluated in single market contexts without considering possible gains stemming from firms' multimarket presence. This study concentrates on the question through which channels, and of which magnitude, mergers among multimarket firms create incremental value. We...
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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 Cournot competition with differentiated products. Input suppliers can be interpreted as ordinary upstream firms, or trade unions organising workers. If the input suppliers are...
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Upward pricing pressure of mergers weakening vertical relationships
Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen - 2015
We modify the UPP test of Farrell and Shapiro (2010) to take into account the possibility that a merger weakens (or eliminates) a vertical supply relationship. After deriving a general effect of the merger, we provide an example of simple estimation strategy when only prices, costs and market...
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Merger in contests
Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - 2000
Competition in some markets is a contest. This paper studies the merger incentives in such markets. Merger can be profitable. The profitability depends on the post-merger contest st ructure, the discriminatory power of the contest and on the number of contestants
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Selling reputation when going out of business : presented at CEFifo Area Conference on Industrial Organisation, March 2004
Hakenes, Hendrik; Peitz, Martin - CESifo Area Conference on Industrial Organisation … - 2004
Is the reputation of a firm tradeable when the previous owner has to retire even though ownership change is observable? We consider a competitive market in which a share of owners must retire in each period. New owners, observing only recent profits, bid for the firms on sale. Customers are...
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