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Mergers and Economies of Scale: Volkswagen AG 1976 - 2000

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Rudholm, Niklas () (The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI))
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The purpose of this paper is to study if the acquisitions of the SEAT and Skoda has lead to increased economic efficiency for Volkswagen AG due to economies of scale. This is achieved by estimation of the VAG cost function, using a translog specification. The results indicate that the merger with SEAT did increase the economies of scale available as production volumes increased due to the merger. No such effects was, however, found for the aquisition of Skoda.

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Paper provided by The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI) in its series HUI Working Papers with number 4.

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Date of creation: 01 Oct 2006
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Keywords: Automobile production; economies of scale; technological change;

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D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior
D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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  1. Truett, Lila J & Truett, Dale B, 2001. "The Spanish Automotive Industry: Scale Economies and Input Relationships," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 33(12), pages 1503-13, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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