Channels of size adjustment and firm performance

Holger Breinlich, Stefan Niemann and Edna Solomon

No 7944, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy from University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre

Abstract: We use business register data for the United Kingdom to document the importance of the different channels that firms use to adjust their size. We show how the choice of adjustment channel impacts upon firm-level variables such as wages or productivity.

Keywords: adjustment channels; mergers and acquisitions; Greenfield investment; investment; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02-22
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Published in Economics Letters 2.116(2012): pp. 202-206

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