Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/107367 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5199
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This study investigates the impact of firm-specific discount factors on merger formation and market performance. We estimate firm-specific discount factors for 228 publicly traded and privately held firms operating in the semiconductor market and apply a heterogeneous treatment effects model which accounts for firms' endogenous selection into mergers, as well as the heterogeneous impact of mergers on the product market. Our study provides evidence that firms' discount factors explain merger formation and the impact on product market performance. More specifically, we find that acquiring firms characterized by high discount factors (patient firms) merge with efficient and innovative target firms, and achieve high efficiency gains. In contrast, acquiring firms characterized by low discount factors (impatient firms) merge with less innovative target firms, and achieve higher market power effects.
Subjects: 
discount factor
discount rate
dynamic oligopoly model
market performance
mergers and acquisitions
semiconductor industry
JEL: 
D24
D43
G34
L13
L22
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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