Klappentext: Mit der Übernahme von Unternehmen durch ihre Führungskräfte (MBO) hat die Treuhandanstalt eine wichtige Möglichkeit gefunden, einerseits das Privatisierungstempo zu erhöhen und andererseits die Grundlage für einen funktionierenden Mittelstand in den neuen Bundesländern zu...

This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the welfare effects of foreign direct investment by investigating the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation activities in target firms. The empirical analysis is based on survey and ownership data for a large sample of...

In this paper, we examine the impact of mergers among German savings banks on the extent to which these savings banks engage in small business lending. The ongoing consolidation in the banking industry has sparked concerns about the continuous availability of credit to small businesses which has...

Since summer 2007 the Subprime credit crisis has been affecting the international financial markets. One of the consequences of the crisis was the collapse of the market for large-sized leveraged buyout transactions in late 2007 and early 2008. The goal of this Working Paper is to examine to...