Macroeconomic instability and business exit: determinants of failures and acquisitions of UK firms

Higson, C, Bhattacharjee, A, Holly, S and Kattuman, P (2008) Macroeconomic instability and business exit: determinants of failures and acquisitions of UK firms. Economica, 76 (301). pp. 108-131. ISSN 0013-0427

Abstract

We study the impact of the macroeconomic environment on business exit in a world where acquisition and bankruptcy are co-determined. We estimate competing risk hazard regression models using data on UK quoted firms spanning a 38-year period that witnessed several business cycles. We find that the processes determining bankruptcies and acquisitions depend on the macroeconomic environment. In particular, macroeconomic instability has opposing effects on bankruptcy hazard and acquisition hazard, raising the former and lowering the latter. While bankruptcy hazard is counter-cyclical and acquisition hazard pro-cyclical, the US business cycle is a better predictor than the UK cycle itself.

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© 2008 John Wiley & Sons

Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2016 14:40
Subjects: Macroeconomics
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2024 01:45
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/772
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