The measurement of merger delay in regulated and restructuring industries

Robert Ekelund, George Ford and Mark Thornton

Applied Economics Letters, 2001, vol. 8, issue 8, 535-537

Abstract: Delay due to multiple merger reviews in regulated industries is analysed empirically. Tests on a sample of over 500 mergers between 1990 and 1998 reveal that delay is 80% longer in regulated industries than unregulated industries.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850010005828

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