This paper examines the employment effects of acquisitions for acquired European firms taking non-random selection of … types of acquisitions. Empirically, we estimate an endogenous treatment model using accounting data for a newly created … acquisitions. …

expected target value, and uncertainty, determine value appropriation in acquisitions. …

This paper explains why consolidation acquisitions occur in waves and it predicts the differing role each firm is … initial acquisition triggers a wave of follow-on acquisitions, where the process of asset accumulation by the consolidator is … accelerated since the value of follow-on acquisitions is enhanced by the more concentrated industry structure. An initial …

Do shareholders of acquiring companies profit from acquisitions, or do acquiring CEOs overbidand destroy shareholder …

sold at an auction. The model suggests that low greenfield costs and low trade costs induce foreign acquisitions. The …

I examine the effects of privatization, in the form of acquisitions, in the Swedish electricity distribution sector. As … bordering networks that were separately operated by each municipality prior to the acquisitions, I examine to what extent the …