data from the European Commission’s market assessments in merger decisions with production data, we use recent … the performance of almost 600 rival firms in close to 200 merger cases before and after the change in market structure … increase their markups in the years after a merger. The effects are concentrated in markets with few competitors, among firms …

. The aim of this paper to assess the prerequisites of reciprocal synergies in merger and acquisition (M&A) deals pursuing … the antecedents of synergy in the merger and acquisition processes. The valuation of reciprocal synergies with real …-Relatedness, C-Complexity of Competence, T-Time of Integration, I-Implementation Plan, C-Cultural Fit) framework was developed and …