We study how agglomeration forces influence the post-merger restructuring of the combined firm through the channel of the geographic overlap of acquirer and target establishments. We hypothesize and find that the geographic effect differs for horizontal and vertical mergers, and depends on the...

In this paper we survey the recent developments in two empirical literatures at the crossroads of labor and urban economics: Studies about localized human capital externalities (HCE) and about the urban wage premium (UWP). After surveying the methods and main results of each of these two...