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Competition and innovation : the breakup of IG Farben
Poege, Felix - 2022
The relationship between competition and innovation is difficult to disentangle, as exogenous variation in market structure is rare. The 1952 breakup of Germany's leading chemical company, IG Farben, represents such a disruption. After the Second World War, the Allies occupying Germany imposed...
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Cross-border mergers and national champions in an integrating economy
Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2006
We introduce a simple oligopolistic trade model with international transportation costs, and analyze the profitability and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of trade freeness, (ii) the possibility of rent...
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Redesigning teams and incentives in a merger : an experiment with managers and students
Montmarquette, Claude; Rullière, Jean-Louis; Villeval, … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Post-merger restructuring of the labor force
Gehrke, Britta; Maug, Ernst; Obernberger, Stefan; … - 2021
We study the restructuring of the labor force after mergers and acquisitions. Overall restructuring is large. Net employment of targets declines by more than half within two years after acquisitions relative to a matched sample, and is concentrated in targets that close all establishments. There...
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Mergers and birth outcomes : evidence from maternity ward closures
Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2018
Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a...
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Wages, hires, and labor market concentration
Marinescu, Ioana; Ouss, Ivan; Pape, Louis-Daniel - 2020
.9%, as hypothesized by monopsony theory. Based on a simple merger simulation, we find that a merger between the top two …
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The merger of populations as a revision of comparison space : repercussions for social stress and income inequality
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2024
The merger of populations expands the comparison space of incomes. As a result, measures of the income-based social …
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Comments on the 2023 draft merger guidelines : a labor market perspective
Berger, David; Hasenzagl, Thomas; Herkenhoff, Kyle; … - 2023
The DOJ and FTC clarify the role of labor market power ("monopsony") in the 2023 draft merger guidelines. The draft … that a stricter threshold may be warranted in labor markets. The post-merger Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) that defines …) Explicitly addressing monopsony in the draft guidelines is grounded in economic theory and empirical research. (2) Workers …
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we develop a dynamic structural life-cycle model of labor supply behavior which fully accounts for the effect of income tax and transfers on labor supply incentives. Additionally, the model recognizes the demand side driven rationing risk that might prevent individuals from...
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Social change
Greenwood, Jeremy (contributor); Guner, Nezih (contributor) - 2008
A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...
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