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Mergers and Acquisitions under Common Ownership

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  • Miguel Antón
  • Florian Ederer
  • Mireia Giné
  • Bruno Pellegrino

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We provide new facts about the cross section and evolution of mergers and acquisitions for US public firms. Using a general equilibrium model with a hedonic demand system and data on institutional ownership, we document that mergers are increasingly concentrated among firm pairs with a high degree of product market interaction and a moderate to high degree of common ownership. We estimate how much mergers have raised aggregate corporate profits and reduced consumer surplus and quantify how the anticompetitive effects of mergers are affected by common ownership and shareholder value maximization motives.

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  • Miguel Antón & Florian Ederer & Mireia Giné & Bruno Pellegrino, 2023. "Mergers and Acquisitions under Common Ownership," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 294-298, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:294-98
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231101
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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