predict the price and welfare effects of horizontal mergers in differentiated products industries. Simulation using a …

horizontal merger activity. We propose a theoretically-backed methodological approach to classify mergers that yields more … information on merger types and merger effects, and that can, moreover, distinguish between mergers characterized largely by … collusion-based synergies and mergers characterized largely by efficiency-based synergies. Crucial to the proposed measurement …

generating enterprises and transporting groups grew through mergers and agreements. In Germany, Scandinavia and the UK …, municipalities were more common and were resistant to mergers and network development. Several national networks had emerged by the …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on employment in Japan. It … significantly positive mainly in the manufacturing sector, while the dynamic effect of mergers on a remaining firms employment …-acquisition process, whereas the dynamic negative employment effect of mergers implies organizational rationalization in the post …

for the savers. Given the adverse implications of banking mergers for a competitive environment, we argue that to maintain …

Standard media economics models imply that increased platform competition decreases ad levels and that mergers reduce …

-agency collaborations and mergers. These restructuring processes are complex and disruptive, making effective knowledge management processes …

mergers under oligopoly. We show that, although so far the industrial organization and the cooperative game …