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dc.contributor.authorCARLETTI, Elena
dc.contributor.authorHARTMANN, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorONGENA, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-02T08:59:55Z
dc.date.available2012-04-02T08:59:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1725-6704
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/21474
dc.description.abstractWe construct a unique dataset of legislative reforms in merger control legislation that occurred in nineteen industrial countries in the period 1987-2004, and investigate the economic impact of these changes on stock prices. In line with the hypothesis that merger control should challenge anticompetitive mergers and thus limit future monopolistic profits, we find that the strengthening of merger control decreases the stock prices of non-financial firms. In contrast, we find that bank stock prices increase. Cross sectional regressions show that the discretion embedded in the supervisory control of bank mergers is a major determinant of the positive bank stock returns. This suggests that merger control is anticipated to create a “separation of powers” and “checks and balances” mechanism in the banking sector that mitigates the potential for abuse and wasteful enforcement of the supervisory control. We provide a case study further supporting this interpretation.en
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI ECOen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2012/12en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectmerger controlen
dc.subjectlegal institutionsen
dc.subjectfinancial regulationen
dc.subjectG21en
dc.subjectG28en
dc.subjectD4en
dc.titleThe Economic Impact of Merger Control Legislationen
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dc.neeo.contributorCARLETTI|Elena|aut|EUI70001
dc.neeo.contributorHARTMANN|Philipp|aut|
dc.neeo.contributorONGENA|Steven|aut|
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