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Location Choices of Multinational Firms : The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions

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dc.creator Zitouna, Habib
dc.creator Mucchielli, Jean-Louis
dc.creator Bertrand, Olivier
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:48Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:48Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19246
dc.identifier ppn:391286323
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:hwwadp:26170
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19246
dc.description This article examines the location choices of cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) between OECD members´ firms in the 1990`s. In addition to traditional determinants of FDI, we estimate the impact of specific factors affecting the M&A location pattern. Two distinct econometric methods are implemented: the conditional logit and the count model (Poisson or negative binomial model). In spite of the use of alternative econometric methods, we find that the supply of target firms (captured by market capitalization and privatization activity) constrains the location of M&A. However, is it not the only determinant of location: market size, labor costs, market access and financial openness play a positive and significant role on the M&A location. A bandwagon effect is also observed. In the opposite, the corporate tax rate and the productivity decrease the probability to attract M&A. Cultural and geographic distances and differences in legal rules also exert a negative significant impact on M&A strategies. Only the ownership structure has contrasted results.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation HWWA Discussion Paper 274
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject R3
dc.subject L1
dc.subject F23
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Foreign Direct Investment
dc.subject Merger and Acquisition
dc.subject Location
dc.subject conditional logit
dc.subject count model
dc.subject Multinationales Unternehmen
dc.subject Übernahme
dc.subject Direktinvestition
dc.subject Standortwahl
dc.subject Standortfaktor
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject OECD-Staaten
dc.title Location Choices of Multinational Firms : The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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