which information costs and regulations hold back merger activity. Our results suggest that banks operating in more …

technique based on a matching propensity score procedure, the analysis not only controls for merger endogeneity and ex … significantly positive changes to the firm's post-merger innovation performance. The effects of M&A on innovation performance are in … capabilities at acquiring firms prior to a merger. …

to the firm's post-merger innovation performance. …

This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability … and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis … that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves. Deregulation and globalization are identified as the shocks …

Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of merger activities. This paper analyzes the … structural model to investigate technology-related motivations behind merger formation. Distinguishing between cross-border and …

untersucht daher die Determinanten der Arbeitszufriedenheit und deren Auswirkungen auf die Fluktuation im Post Merger …