Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2692 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1092
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves. Deregulation and globalization are identified as the shocks responsible for the latest wave. The impact of merger activities on profitability and employment growth are studied by using the DOME database which has been built up at the Kiel Institute of World Economics. On average, performance of merging and non-merging firms do not differ significantly. In smal­ler, more homogenous sub-samples, however, substantial sectoral differences are found. The most important determinant of the success of mergers is the size of the target unit.
Subjects: 
deregulation
globalization
event studies
mergers
JEL: 
G34
L22
F23
Data set: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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