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Does Geography Play a Role in Domestic Takeovers? Theory and Finnish Micro-level Evidence

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  • Petri Böckerman

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research)

  • Eero Lehto

    (Labour Institute for Economic Research)

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This paper explores domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from the regional perspective. The Finnish firm-level evidence reveals that geographical closeness matters a lot for M&As within a single country. Thus, a great number of domestic M&As occur within narrowly defined regions. Interestingly, domestic M&As reinforce the core-periphery dimension. The results from matched firm-level data show that the strong ability by an acquiring company to monitor the target (measured by the knowledge embodied in human capital) is able to support M&As that occur across distant locations.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Urban/Regional with number 0505003.

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Length: 33 pages
Date of creation: 13 May 2005
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Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpur:0505003

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