Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Isil Erel, Yeejin Jang and Michael Weisbach

Chapter 9 in Handbook of Corporate Finance, 2024, pp 345-376 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: One of the most consequential events in any firm’s lifetime is a major acquisition. Because of their importance, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been an enormous area of research. However, the vast majority of this research and survey papers summarizing this research have focused on domestic deals. Cross-border ones, however, constitute about 30% of the total number and 37% of the total volume of M&As around the world since the early 1990s. We survey the literature on cross-border M&As, focusing on international factors that can lead firms to acquire a firm in another country. Such factors include differences in economic development, laws, institutions, culture, labor rights, protection of intellectual property, taxes, and corporate governance.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (2022)
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