Measurement of merger gains using post-merger data is sifficult and highly conjectural. Thus, it is difficult to test merger theories and to estimate merger gains using such data. The approach in the current paper is to use pre-merger data in an economic model, in order to test the managerial...

The choice of model of normal returns in event studies has been widely discussed in the literature. While researchers frequently continue to use an array of alternatives, there is currently some tendency to favour cruder but simpler mean- or market-adjusted returns models. This paper presents a...

The purpose of the paper is to test the hypothesis that food safety (chemical) standards act as barriers to international seafood imports. We use zero-accounting gravity models to test the hypothesis that food safety (chemical) standards act as barriers to international seafood imports. The...

This paper examines the institutional characteristics of UK ESOPs and considers the extent to which ESOPs extend employee participation and industrial democracy. It is suggested that ESOPs in themselves do not extend industrial democracy. Instead patterns of employee participation are...

Ce document donne un apercu de debat actuel sur la prise en compte des prix des actifs par la politique monetaire, se concentrant sur l'evolution des cours des actions aux Etats-Unis. Il passe d'abord en revue les principales causes et consequences de cette evolution, puis resume les arguments...

In this paper we draw upon a recent body of evidence, with particular reference to material produced in the context of an ongoing OECD project on growth. We present an international comparison with special attention given to development in trends of labour productivity, allowing for human...