Export orientation and domestic merger policy: theory and some empirical evidence

Joseph A. Clougherty () and Anming Zhang

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, vol. 38, issue 3, pages 778-806

Abstract: Recent `open-economy industrial organization' literature finds export orientation enhances the weight of post-merger international competitive gains, favouring lenient domestic merger policy. However, mergers seldom generate the `significant synergies' supportive of international competitive gains. Since a joint-economies-of-production effect suggests domestic mergers tend to generate international competitive losses (not gains), export orientation favours strict (not lenient) domestic merger policy. We show how non-synergistic domestic mergers in the presence of international sales might reduce national welfare and incur stringent merger reviews. A panel data set of U.S. merger policy by manufacturing sector, 1990-2001, empirically supports export orientation, leading to strict merger policy.

JEL-codes: L40 F10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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