This study presents an analysis of publication patterns and major themes in research on
mergers and acquisitions in finance and accounting. We find that takeovers as mechanisms …

Over the past few decades, the rapid growth of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) has
received interest from academics and practitioners. While M&As continue to be the subject of …

This study examines impacts of increased industry competition on firms' productivity. We use
the enacting of China's antitrust policy as a quasi-natural experiment, and find that the total …

Background The meaningful assessment of motor competence is well positioned for school-
based curricular emphasis, through the integration of motor skills and movement patterns in …

To study the dynamic effects of antitrust policy on growth and welfare, we develop and
estimate the first general equilibrium model with Schumpeterian innovation, oligopolistic …

We examine the effects of competition laws on firm performance in East Asian countries that
have enacted antitrust legislation in the last three decades. Exploiting the staggered …

In the last three decades, cross-border mergers and acquisitions have been the most
preferred vehicle for unprecedented internationalization and integration of the global …

Competition policy profoundly impacts enterprise digitalization, yet it remains an
underexplored area in previous work. Utilizing China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) as a quasi …

We exploit the competition policy in China to test whether product competition affects firm's
overcapacity. By introducing the shock of enacting of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law, our …

New evidence from acquisition decisions suggests that antitakeover provisions (ATPs) may
increase firm value when internal corporate governance is sufficiently strong. We document …