Innovative startups are frequently acquired by large incumbent firms. On the one hand, these acquisitions provide an … startups just to "kill" their ideas, and acquisitions can erode incumbents' own innovation incentives. Our paper aims to assess … the net effect of these forces. To do so, we build an endogenous growth model with heterogeneous firms and acquisitions …

We assess the consequences for consumers in 76 countries of multinational acquisitions in beer and spirits. Outcomes …