Diving into “merger waves” – An analysis of inter-firm linkages in acquisitions

This paper takes its starting point in the literature dealing with null null A merger wave basically denotes a period of time when an abnormal amount of mergers and acquisitions takes place. Such merger waves are usually described as occurring in cyclical patterns, and a number of them have been described over the last centuries. Merger waves are mostly studied as a macro level phenomenon, as an aggregate of mergers and acquisitions occurring...