Download or read book Network Determinants of Cross-Border Merger and Acquisition Decisions written by Tatiana Didier and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper assesses whether cross-border M&A decisions exhibit network effects. We estimate exponential random graph models (ERGM) and temporal exponential random graph models (TERGM) to evaluate the determinants of cross-country M&A investments at the sectoral level. The results show that transitivity matters: a country is more likely to invest in a new destination if one of its existing partners has already made some investments there. In line with the literature on export platforms and informational barriers, we find a sizable impact of third country effects on the creation of new investments. This effect is sizable and larger than some of the more traditional M&A determinants, such as trade openness.