share of sales from product innovations is not significantly affected by a foreign takeover for a given amount of innovation …

set of industries. We exploit expert market definitions from the European Commission's merger decisions to identify … particularly pronounced in markets with few players, high initial markups and concentration. We also provide evidence that merger … rivals reduce their employment, sales and investment, while their profits increase around the time of a merger. …

data from the European Commission's market assessments in merger decisions with production data, we use recent … the performance of almost 600 rival firms in close to 200 merger cases before and after the change in market structure … increase their markups in the years after a merger. The effects are concentrated in markets with few competitors, among firms …

inputs and outputs. Results are mixed for outcomes related to variety and product quality. Literature on merger effects on … derive a number of ideas and options for merger policy. …

combines survey data for German firms with a merger and acquisition database. After a cross-border acquisition, investing firms …