Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82658 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2006:10
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
We propose a way to model firm mergers using a matching game known as the roommate problem, whereby firms are assumed to make preference rankings of potential merger partners. The position of a firm in another firm's ranking is assumed to be governed by an index, which in turn consists of a deterministic part and of a stochastic one, similar to the latent indices used in standard discrete-choice models. Given all firms' preferences, game-theoretic mechanisms lead to a matching whereby each firm is either self-matched or assigned a merger partner. We derive expressions for the probability of a merger between a specific firm pair, and also a log-likelihood function for estimation using firm-specific data. Using a simulation in a setting with groups of three firms involved in roommate games within each group, the model's finite-sample properties are examined.
Subjects: 
firm mergers
roommate game
matching markets
discrete response
JEL: 
C15
C25
C78
G32
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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