Effects of mergers and acquisitions on food quality

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111980

Wesley Blundell , Stephen Devadoss , Jeff Luckstead

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Abstract

We examine the impact of mergers on product quality in the U.S. agri-food industry. Our difference-in-differences analyses provide evidence that following a one standard deviation increase in merger activity there is a 48.1% decrease in pounds of food recalled and an 18.7% decrease in the total number of recalls. A significant implication of our analysis is that increased concentration increases product quality.

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并购对食品质量的影响

我们研究了兼并对美国农业食品行业产品质量的影响。我们的差异分析表明，兼并活动增加一个标准差后，召回食品的磅数减少 48.1%，召回总数减少 18.7%。我们的分析得出的一个重要结论是，集中度的提高会提高产品质量。

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来源期刊

Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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