Estimating the potential gains from mergers

Estimating the potential gains from mergers

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Article ID: iaor20053370
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 145
End Page Number: 171
Publication Date: May 2005
Journal: Journal of Productivity Analysis
Authors: ,
Keywords: measurement
Abstract:

We introduce simple production economic models to estimate the potential gains from mergers. We decompose the gains into technical efficiency, size (scale) and harmony (mix) gains, and we discuss alternative ways to capture these gains. We propose to approximate the production processes using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis approach, and we use the resulting operational approach to estimate the potential gains from merging agricultural extension offices in Denmark.

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