manufacturing firms. often induced by hostile takeover threats, are accompanied by reduced investment of all kinds, particularly in …

after merger announcement, the passage of time is informative about the probability that the merger will ultimately complete …

world. We find evidence of a strong positive association between VC investments and lagged M&A activity, consistent with the … engage in more deals. We also explore the effects of country-level pro-takeover legislation passed internationally (positive … post-law changes in VC activity. VC activity intensifies after enactment of country-level takeover friendly legislation and …

Handbook as a forceful argument in favor of a merger between the two disciplines rather than the acquisition of one by the … other; a merger which combines, notably, the detailed knowledge of historical sources, the capability of distilling complex …

merge and post-merger value creation and synergies? We compile comprehensive information on U.S. bank acquisitions from 1986 …

are robust to a range of approaches to address the endogeneity of firms' merger decisions …

. Third, capabilities are traded in a merger market. We address two questions: (1) what are the characteristics of firms that …

occurred in the 2 or 3 years before the takeover; after the takeover, employment recovered a bit, but not enough to offset the …