Exiting the market by mergers and acquisitions. Does the crisis matter
Riccardo Cappelli,
Marco Cucculelli
Abstract:Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have been extensively and thoroughly studied as a result of a decision on exiting the market. Most attention has been directed to M&A occurring during business booms when numerous deals take place and prices are high. Conversely, least attention has been devoted to M&A during a crisis or just after recessionary periods.Using a sample of 358 mergers that occurred in Europe before (145) and after (213) the financial crisis, this paper explores if and to what extent the innovation p… Show more
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