Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Services : The Role of Policy and Industrial Structure

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Services : The Role of Policy and Industrial Structure

This paper presents evidence on the determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in services sectors. It develops a stylized model of mergers and acquisitions that predicts that the incidence of merger and acquisition deals depends, inter...

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Main Authors: Barattieri, Alessandro, Borchert, Ingo, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURE
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK POLICY
BARRIER
BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT
BILATERAL TRANSACTIONS
BUSINESS SERVICES
CAPITAL FLOWS
COMMON LEGAL ORIGIN
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
DATABASE INFORMATION
DEREGULATION
DERIVATIVE
DERIVATIVES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DUMMY VARIABLES
DYNAMIC ECONOMIES
E-MAIL
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
ELECTRICITY
ESP
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED COST
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN COMPANY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EQUITY
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN MARKET
FOREIGN MARKETS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOME COUNTRY
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
HOST ECONOMY
INBOUND INVESTMENT
INCOME GROUPS
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INTANGIBLE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT FLOWS
INVESTMENT POLICIES
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LEGAL SYSTEM
LICENSE
LICENSES
M3
MANUFACTURING
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET ENTRY
MARKET REFORM
MARKET REFORMS
MARKET SIZE
MERGERS
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
MULTINATIONAL
MULTINATIONALS
NETWORKS
NPL
OPEN ACCESS
OPEN COUNTRIES
OUTPUT
PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
PARTICULAR COUNTRY
PC
PER CAPITA INCOME
PHYSICAL DISTANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL STABILITY
PRICE INDEXES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PROTECTIONISM
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
REGULATORS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
RESTRICTIVE INVESTMENT POLICIES
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL SERVICES
RETURN
ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADING
TRADING VOLUMES
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSLATION
TRANSPARENCY
TREATY
TRUST FUND
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VOICE-OVER-IP
WEB
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19616028/cross-border-mergers-acquisitions-services-role-policy-industrial-structure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18773

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19616028/cross-border-mergers-acquisitions-services-role-policy-industrial-structure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18773

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