controlling for deal characteristics. However, longer-term post-merger bidder abnormal returns are lower for government … improving bilateral political relations between China and target nations are positively associated with both short and long …

association with post-merger patenting is mainly driven by patents invented in the countries of the acquirers headquarter and its …

type of political power in place. Using a sample of listed firms in China, we show that politically connected CEOs in …

1999 to 2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and …

1999-2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and …

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 …