After remaining close to 30% for four years, the FCA's market cleanliness statistic for takeovers decreased to about 15% between 2010 and 2013. This paper investigates the possible explanations for the fall in the statistic. We find evidence to exclude methodological bias, information leaking...

Exploiting a 20-year sample of leveraged buyouts matched to French administrative data, we document that target firms post-buyout experience reduced within-firm wage inequality together with increased profitability relative to control firms. Pay gaps between men and women, managers and...