Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235396 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9026
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze factors behind 23,213 distressed acquisitions in European emerging markets from 2007–2019. Besides the impact of financial ratios, legal form, ownership structure, firm size, and age, we emphasize the role of institutions and channels of their propagation. We show that the quality and enforcement of insolvency laws are linked with the lower probability of distressed acquisitions, followed by corruption control and progress in banking reforms. The impact of institutions is larger in less-advanced countries as compared to economically stronger ones. The effect of institutions increased after the financial crisis but declined as the economic situation improved.
Subjects: 
distressed acquisitions
mergers
European emerging markets
JEL: 
C35
D02
D22
E02
G34
K20
L22
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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