The existing literature concerning the impact of cross-border merger activity on domestic wages can be split into two …’ effects tend to be more dominant with outward cross-border mergers. We employ comprehensive panel data on wages, unionization … and merger activity for US industry sectors over the 1986-2001 period in order to test the impact of cross-border merger …

Can a merger from duopoly to monopoly be detrimental for profits? This paper deals with this issue by focusing on the … highlighted that a wage ‘non‐rigidity’ result applies: the post‐merger wage is higher than in the pre‐merger equilibrium. Second …, it is shown that a ‘reversal result’ in relation to merger profitability actually realizes when the union is sufficiently …