Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162780 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
DICE Discussion Paper No. 257
Publisher: 
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf
Abstract: 
We use a panel data set of European firms to analyse the effects of domestic and international M&As on target firms' investment, growth and financial constraints. Combining propensity score matching with a difference-in-differences estimator, our results indicate that upon acquisition, target firms obtain better access to external finance, are characterized by higher levels of tangible and intangible assets, and display lower dependence of investments and cash savings to the availability of internal funds. We also provide evidence that these effects are concentrated among acquisitions during the 2007-2009 financial crisis, relatively small target firms, and domestic rather than foreign acquisitions.
Subjects: 
Mergers and Acquisitions
Financial Constraints
Investment
Firm Growth
Financial Crisis
Foreign Ownership
JEL: 
F61
F23
G01
G34
L25
D22
D24
ISBN: 
978-3-86304-256-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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