DP3998 Cross-Border Acquisitions and Greenfield Entry: Profitability and Stock Market Value
Author(s): | Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson |
Publication Date: | August 2003 |
Keyword(s): | FDI, mergers and acquisitions, stock market value |
JEL(s): | F23, G34, L13 |
Programme Areas: | Industrial Organization |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3998 |
This Paper studies cross-border acquisitions and greenfield entry in a multi-firm setting. Acquisition entry is more likely when the acquirer gains a strong position in the product market, relative to greenfield entrants. We also show that such acquisitions might have a low profitability, however. The reason is that the bidding competition over the domestic assets is then so fierce that the firms involved would be better off not starting a bidding war. Moreover, this implies that domestic firms will then sell their assets at a substantially higher price than their reservation price. Implications for stock market values are also derived.