Estimating the Potential Gains from Mergers

Peter Bogetoft and Dexiang Wang

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2005, vol. 23, issue 2, 145-171

Abstract: We introduce simple production economic models to estimate the potential gains from mergers. We decompose the gains into technical efficiency, size (scale) and harmony (mix) gains, and we discuss alternative ways to capture these gains. We propose to approximate the production processes using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, and we use the resulting operational approach to estimate the potential gains from merging agricultural extension offices in Denmark. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; management; organization; mergers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-1326-7

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