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Effect of mergerson efficiency and productivity: Some evidence for banks in Malaysia

Radam, Alias; Baharom, A.H.; Dayang-Afizzah, A.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This study is undertaken to investigate the extent to which mergers lead to efficiency by which services are provided …

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SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS MERGERS: A PRACTITIONERS' GUIDE

WERDEN, Gregory J. - Regional Research Project NE-165 (Private Strategies, … - 1997

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The Dollars and Sense of Bank Consolidation

Hughes, Joseph P.; Lang, William; Mester, Loretta J.; … - Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business - 1998

For nearly two decades banks in the United States have consolidated in record numbers—in terms of both frequency and the size of the merging institutions. Rhoades (1996) hypothesizes that the main motivations were increased potential for geographic expansion created by changes in state laws...

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Optimal patent policy with endogenous cross-border acquisitions

Roy, Abhra; Bagchi, Aniruddha - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 20 (2011) 3, pp. 259-282

operate independently. We investigate the interaction between optimal patent regimes and cross-border mergers in a North …-South framework. In this scenario, we show that forming cross-border mergers increase welfare and reduce the optimal patent length in … both regions by reducing competition in the Southern market. As a result, world welfare under mergers Pareto-dominate both …

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Complementarities and spillovers in mergers: an empirical investigation using patent data

Marco, Alan; Rausser, Gordon - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 20 (2011) 3, pp. 207-231

will match in mergers and spinoffs. We calculate several patent portfolio-based measures of complementarity and spillovers … provide the more robust explanation. The mergers and spinoffs observed in plant biotechnology may have been designed to …

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Financial Analysis and Economic Aspects of the Agricultural Unions of Crete

Zopounidis, C.; Shiniotakis, N.; Baourakis, George - In: Agricultural Economics Review 07 (2006) 2

Cooperatives constitute a "creation" of the social necessity for equal opportunities in the production and disposal of products. Nevertheless, the development and redistributive role of cooperatives in Crete has become open to controversy throughout the recent years, due to the problems of...

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EVALUATING MERGERS IN FOOD INDUSTRIES UNDER PROCEDURES FOR LITIGATION OR REGULATION

Coate, Malcolm B. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1997

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Revising the Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Lessons from the U.S. and the E.U.

Gilbert, Richard J; Rubinfeld, Daniel L. - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 2010

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have embarked on an effort to revise and update the U.S. Horizontal Merger Guidelines. There is substantial overlap between the U.S. and E.U. Guidelines, which makes a proposal for U.S. revisions immediately applicable to the...

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A Random Coefficients Logit Analysis of the Counterfactual: A Merger and Divestiture in the Australian Cigarette Industry

Pham, Vivienne; Prentice, David - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2013

In this paper we empirically analyse two counterfactual situations facing an antitrust au- thority following the merger of two of the largest international cigarette companies. First we estimate a random coecients model of demand for cigarettes. The implied elasticity of demand for smoking and...

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Post Merger Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives

Richards, Timothy J.; Manfredo, Mark R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2001

Agricultural cooperatives are participating in mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures at a …

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