MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE U.S. MEAT PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM MICRODATA

This paper investigates the motives for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. meat products industry from 1977-92. Results show that acquired meat and poultry plants were highly productive before mergers, and that meat plants significantly improved productivity growth in the post-merger periods, but poultry plants did not.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Ollinger, Michael ; Nguyen, Sang V.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Agribusiness \| Industrial Organization

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL Number 20580
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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