, we contrast a measure of the merger's profitability based on event studies with one based on accounting data. We find …

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 …

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

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 …