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The perfect match: assortative matching in mergers and acquisitions

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  • Guadalupe, Maria
  • Rappoport, Veronica
  • Salanie, Bernard
  • Thomas, Catherine

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We interpret M&A deals in Western Europe during the 2010s as the equilibrium of a matching model. Merger surplus arises from complementarities between multiple firm pre-merger characteristics. Large, productive firms prefer to merge with similarly productive but smaller partners, suggesting positive complementarity in productivities and negative cross complementarity between productivity and scale. We use post-merger data to show that estimated complementarities are strong predictors of merged firm performance. Our results inform the empirical relevance of different theories of mergers.

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  • Guadalupe, Maria & Rappoport, Veronica & Salanie, Bernard & Thomas, Catherine, 2024. "The perfect match: assortative matching in mergers and acquisitions," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126749, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:126749
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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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