Mergers & Acquisitions in the European Union. Acquisition Activity & Economic Performance

Iveta Mackenzie ()
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Iveta Mackenzie: Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics

ACTA VSFS, 2017, vol. 11, issue 2, 106-120

Abstract: The paper is focused on the relationship between the level of acquisition activity and the external conditions in which transactions occur or further develop. It deals with the dependence between acquisition activity and economic performance, and, at the same time, with the dependence between acquisition activity and the tax rate. Acquisition activity is presented by the indicator 3M: the M-total, indicator of the total number of transactions, M-score, indicator of the transaction frequency, and M-index, showing the position within a given unit. The paper surveys acquisition activity in individual EU countries, confirms the dependence between acquisition activity levels and economic performance, and maintains that the tax rate is a significant factor contributing to the given country´s acquisition activity level.

Keywords: acquisition activity; acquisition activity indicators; acquisition strategy; mergers & acquisitions; M-index; M-score; M-total (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 F63 G34 O52 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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