and the Dun & Bradstreet exit database for Switzerland (1995-2000). Employing duration analysis, we find considerable … macroeconomic conditions. Our results support the notion that mergers are often undertaken to seize growth opportunities. -- merger …

We study effects on prices and quantities of a takeover in the rather concentrated German interurban bus industry. We … empirically asses the effect of the takeover of Postbus by Flixbus on industry key features, using a route-level price data set … containing prices for more than 6,000 routes in Germany for a period between September and December 2016. We find that average …

-ante characteristics of hospitals prior to a merger or an acquisition occurring between 2005 and 2010 in Germany, predominantly focusing on … exhibit a higher probability of merger. This pattern can be explained by different motives and rationales of hospital chains … ab. In dieser Studie werden die ex-ante Charakteristika von Krankenhäusern vor ihrer Fusion und Akquisition untersucht …