likely to influence the emerging Chinese national security review committee. Early merger reviews under the Antimonopoly Law … positive impact on the internal politics that may have influence the Antimonopoly Bureau. While politicization of merger …

application of the U.S. tender offer law. In Germany the new Takeover Code will become effective at the beginning of the year 2002 … the conflict of laws rules. In the EU the 13th Directive concerning Takeover Bids break down this summer. This article … will compare the new rules and concepts of the German Takeover Code with the tender offer regulation in the U.S. Especially …

We systematically analyse the effects of mergers and acquisitions on the demand for labour in the USA and Europe. We do … not find adverse effects of mergers on labour demand in the USA, however we do find negative effects in Europe of the … order of -10% compared to pre-merger levels. We attribute this significant difference to more rigid labour markets in Europe …

A comprehensive analysis of merger outcomes based on all empirical studies, with an assessment of the effectiveness of …Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mergers and Merger Policy in the United States: An Overview -- 3 Evaluating … Merger Outcomes -- 4 Guide to Merger Analysis Using Difference in Differences -- 5 Merger Retrospectives: Two Studies -- 6 …