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 results provide novel evidence that foreign-acquired firms actively …

with less foreign direct investment (FDI). With an improved dataset on tax autonomy of sub-federal government tiers, we …

-border M&A deals to investigate whether Chinese foreign acquisitions differ from acquisitions coming from other countries. We …

-concentration trade-off (in which only the most productive firms have a physical presence in foreign markets). Allowing for M&As raises …

heterogeneity of the transition economies into our analysis. We find that foreign banks target relatively large and efficient banks …. However, when foreign banks enter more developed transition economies that have made progress in economic reform, they acquire …

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 …