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The price effects of cross‐market mergers: theory and evidence from the hospital industry
The Rand Journal of Economics, 2019We consider the effect of mergers between firms whose products are not viewed as direct substitutes for the same good or service, but are bundled by a common intermediary. Focusing on hospital mergers across distinct geographic markets, we show that such
Leemore S. Dafny +2 more
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Merger motives and merger prescriptions
Strategic Management Journal, 1990Abstract The article surveys theories of merger motives and relates them to prescriptions for merger strategies. The theories of merger motives can be classified into seven groups. Those theories arguing with private information, managerial empire‐building or process influences are better supported by evidence than those tracing ...
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017
We study the effect of corporate cultural similarity on merger decisions and outcomes. Using the similarity in firms’ corporate social responsibility characteristics to proxy for cultural similarity, we find that culturally similar firms are more likely ...
Frederick Bereskin +3 more
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We study the effect of corporate cultural similarity on merger decisions and outcomes. Using the similarity in firms’ corporate social responsibility characteristics to proxy for cultural similarity, we find that culturally similar firms are more likely ...
Frederick Bereskin +3 more
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Mergers, Merger Control, and Remedies
2014A comprehensive analysis of merger outcomes based on all empirical studies, with an assessment of the effectiveness of antitrust policy toward mergers. In recent decades, antitrust investigations and cases targeting mergers—including those involving Google, Ticketmaster, and much of the domestic airline industry—have reshaped industries ...
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European Mergers and Merger Policy
1993Abstract Europe stands at the start of its first great merger wave. Growing international trade, accelerated by the `Single Market' programme, has seen a sharp increase in mergers across national borders between European-based firms. During the 1990s, this increase in European mergers will almost certainly continue.
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2016
Abstract This chapter deals with the economics of merger review. Key economic concepts such as market definition, barriers to entry, and countervailing buyer power were discussed in earlier chapters. The current chapter sets out the principles behind the substantial lessening of competition (SLC) test and its variants, and of ...
Gunnar Niels +2 more
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Abstract This chapter deals with the economics of merger review. Key economic concepts such as market definition, barriers to entry, and countervailing buyer power were discussed in earlier chapters. The current chapter sets out the principles behind the substantial lessening of competition (SLC) test and its variants, and of ...
Gunnar Niels +2 more
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New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers
, 2001Gregor Andrade +2 more
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Risk Reduction as a Managerial Motive for Conglomerate Mergers
, 1981Y. Amihud, B. Lev
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