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Foreign Entry into U.S. Manufacturing by Takeovers and the Creation of New Firms
Lipsey, Robert E.; Feliciano, Zadia - 2021
Using U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data for individual foreign acquisitions and new establishments in the U.S from 1988 to 1998, and aggregate data for 1980 to 1998, we find that acquisitions and establishments of new firms tend to occur in periods of high U.S. growth and take place mainly...
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Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance : Emerging-Market Acquisitions in the United States
Chari, Anusha; Chen, Wenjie; Dominguez, Kathryn M.E - 2021
This paper examines the recent upsurge in foreign acquisitions of U.S. firms, specifically focusing on acquisitions made by firms located in emerging markets. Neoclassical theory predicts that, on net, capital should flow from countries that are capital-abundant to countries that are...
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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Fast Food Industry
Katz, Lawrence F.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
Using data from a longitudinal survey of fast food restaurants in Texas, the authors examine the impact of recent changes in the federal minimum wage on a low-wage labor market The authors draw four main conclusions. First, the survey results indicate that less than 5 percent of fast food...
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How Do Firms Build Market Share?
Fitzgerald, Doireann - 2018
The question of how firms build market share matters for firm dynamics, business cycles, international trade, and industrial organization. Using Nielsen Retail Scanner data for the United States, we document that in the consumer food industry, brands experience substantial growth in market share...
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Liquidity Mergers
Almeida, Heitor - 2011
We study the interplay between corporate liquidity and asset reallocation opportunities. Our model shows that financially distressed firms are acquired by liquid firms in their industries even when there are no operational synergies associated with the merger. We call these transactions...
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Globalization, Governance, and the Returns to Cross-Border Acquisitions
Ellis, Jesse A. - 2011
Using a sample of control cross-border acquisitions from 61 countries from 1990 to 2007, we find that acquirers from countries with better governance gain more from such acquisitions and their gains are higher when targets are from countries with worse governance. Other acquirer country...
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Shareholder Democracy in Canada
Morck, Randall - 2010
-style takeover defences, such as poison pills and staggered boards, but allows voting caps and pyramiding in their stead. Various … investors and mandatory takeover bids …
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Is There Discretion in Wage Setting? a Test Using Takeover Legislation
Bertrand, Marianne - 2010
paper, we use states' passage of anti-takeover legislation as a source of such independent variation. Passed in the 1980's …
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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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The Effect of Liquidity on Governance
Edmans, Alex - 2011
This paper studies the effect of stock liquidity on blockholders' choice of governance mechanisms. We focus on hedge funds as they are unconstrained by legal restrictions and business ties, and thus have all governance channels at their disposal. Since the threat of governance, not just actual...
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