Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/41634 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series No. 150
Publisher: 
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
National borders are still strong barriers for mergers and acquisitions in Europe. We estimate a gravity equation model based on NUTS 2-regions and find that the restraining impact of national borders decreased by about a third between 1990 and 2007. However, there has been no significant change since 1997, i.e., two years before the introduction of the Euro. To benchmark our results we run a corresponding analysis within the United States using the ten federal OMB regions as country equivalents. The 'quasi border'-effect in the US is weaker than in the EU and even declines more during the same time period. We conclude that European integration policy has little effect on fostering cross-border transactions.
Subjects: 
European integration
corporate control
border effects
JEL: 
F21
G34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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