Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/4048 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 6397
Publisher: 
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
Abstract: 
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In particular, we distinguish horizontal and non-horizontal M&As and investigate whether trade costs affect these two types of mergers differently. We analyse this question using industry data for 23 OECD countries for the period 1990-2001. Our findings suggest that while in the aggregate trade costs affect cross-border merger activity negatively its impact differs importantly across horizontal and non-horizontal mergers. The impact of trade costs is less negative for horizontal mergers, which is consistent with the tariff-jumping argument.
JEL: 
F02
F15
F21
F23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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