The recent international surge in private equity markets has been accompanied by growing
interest in its nature and effects. Private equity involves investment in unquoted companies …

A two-country model of oligopoly in general equilibrium is used to show how changes in
market structure accompany the process of trade and capital-market liberalization. The …

How does employer market power affect workers? We compute the concentration of new
hires by occupation and commuting zone in France using linked employer-employee data …

This paper examines the employment effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by using
matched establishment-level data from Finland. Our data register practically almost all M&As …

ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Issue: This study investigates the
employment consequences of private equity acquisitions, in particular institutional buyouts …

Protecting and safeguarding market competition as the principal coordination mechanism of
supply and demand serves the public interest. Coordinating economic activities through …

We construct a comprehensive sample of takeovers in Belgium that shows they are
remarkably common. Takeovers involve both small and large firms and, over a five‐year …

Takeovers are one-off events, altering control and strategy within an organisation. But the
chances of becoming the target of a bid, even where remote, daily influence corporate …

This article examines the influence of equity ownership structure (stock market listing and
identity of shareholders) on human resource management practices. The empirical analysis …

Zusammenfassung Das Instrument der Ministererlaubnis ist ein viel diskutierter Sonderfall in
der deutschen Wettbewerbspolitik, bei welchem der Bundeswirtschaftsminister einen vom …