Profits in the Long Run

Dennis C. Mueller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

396 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-10159-2 (ISBN)

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Profits in the Long Run asks two questions: Are there persistent differences in profitability across firms? If so, what accounts for them? This book answers these questions using data for the 1000 largest US manufacturing firms in 1950 and 1972. It finds that there are persistent differences in profitability and market power across large US companies. Companies with persistently high profits are found to have high market shares and sell differentiated products. Mergers do not result in synergistic increases in profitability, but they do have an averaging effect. Companies with above normal profits have their profits lowered by mergers. Companies with initially below normal profits have them raised. In addition, the influence of other variables on long-run profitability, including risk, sales, diversification, growth and managerial control, is explored. The implications of antitrust policy are likewise addressed.

Acknowledgements; 1. The persistence of firms; 2. The persistence of profits above the norm; 3. The persistence of market power; 4. Profitability and market structure; 5. The results in perspective; 6. Profitability and the firm's own advertising, patent activity, risk, and other characteristics; 7. Profitability and managerial control and compensation; 8. Mergers and profitability; 9. Mergers and market share; 10. The threads gathered and conclusions woven; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.2.2009
Zusatzinfo	39 Tables, unspecified; 19 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-521-10159-X / 052110159X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-10159-2 / 9780521101592
Zustand	Neuware