TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brown,Charles
AU  - Medoff,James L.
TI  - The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2273
PY  - 1987
Y2  - June 1987
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2273
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2273.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Charles C. Brown
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1220
Tel: 734/763-3036
Fax: 734/647-1186
E-Mail: charlieb@umich.edu

James L. Medoff
E-Mail: N/A user is deceased
M1  - published as Charles Brown, James L. Medoff. "The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor," in Alan J. Auerbach, ed., "Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences" University of Chicago Press (1988)

AB  - In this paper, we investigate the changes in wages and employment following a firm's involvement in an acquisition, compared with firms not involved in acquisitions. Contrary to the tenor of popular press coverage of acquisitions, which focuses on hostile takeovers of large firms, we find small (and sometimes positive) changes in wages and employment following an acquisition.
ER  -