findings are consistent with the impact of merger-induced monopsony power discussed in recent literature and offer important …

the U.S. Using data from the 1984-1999 Current Population Survey, we examine trends in the wages of workers within freight … that real wages in rail, truck, and water transport declined over most of the period and have rebounded since 1996. Within …

This paper examines the effects of the bank merger deregulation passed by U.S. Congress in 1994 on the board … board directors (OBDs) and banks in states with interstate banking and the bank holding company deregulation had a higher … banking industry. Finally, the board composition change in states with intrastate branching deregulation arose from bank …

models the effect of such bans by augmenting the standard asymmetric learning setting with efficiency wages, such that wages … asymmetric learning, with adverse selection in the lateral hiring market and higher wages for new entrants to the labor market …-evaluate the ability of their incumbent female workers, leading to failure to promote, lower wages, and anchoring in the lateral …

industrial responses to U.S. bank deregulation, we document how industrial differences in credit access propel this … gap, but also exacerbate sorting across industries, accentuate workplace gender bias, and make female wages vulnerable to …

1999 to 2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and … acquisitions (M&As), suggesting that foreign acquired firms exhibit higher short-run (post-acquisition) wages than their domestic … counterparts. The observed wage disparities are most pronounced for low paying firms (with average wages below the median). Finally …

1999-2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and … acquisitions (M&As), suggesting that foreign acquired firms exhibit higher short-run (post-acquisition) wages than their domestic … counterparts. The observed wage disparities are most pronounced for low paying firms (with average wages below the median). Finally …

of the gender pay gap at affected employers. This large-magnitude effect is primarily due to a decline in male wages …