Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration

Nicolas Coeurdacier, Roberto A. de Santis and Antonin Aviat
Additional contact information
Roberto A. de Santis: Centre de recherche de la Banque Centrale européenne - Banque Centrale Européenne
Antonin Aviat: DELTA - Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

SciencePo Working papers Main from HAL

Abstract: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions activities (M&As) sharply increased over the last two decades, partly as a result of financial liberalization policies, government policies and regional agreements. In this paper, we identify some of the main forces driving M&As, using a unique database on bilateral cross-border M&As at the sectoral level (in manufacturing and services) over the period 1985-2004. The key empirical findings are: (1) EMU helped the restructuring of capital within the same sector of manufacturing activity among euro area firms; (2) joining the EU favoured both horizontal and vertical mergers; (3) policy-makers can help attract capital by reducing the corporate tax rates and the degree of product market regulations and by improving the country's financial systems; (4) the service industry has not yet fully benefited from European integration because the level of protection and barriers to entry in the services sector act as a strong deterrent to cross-border M&As in services.

Date: 2009-01
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-01022660
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (8)

Published in Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (57), pp.56-106

Downloads: (external link)
https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-01022660/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration (2009)
Working Paper: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration (2009)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-01022660

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in SciencePo Working papers Main from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Contact - Sciences Po Departement of Economics (guillaume.sarratdetramezaigues@sciences-po.org).