Abstract
Using firm-level data from 2000 to 2006, we find that foreign acquisitions in China change the target firms’ export extensive margins. We develop a three-country model with cross-border acquisitions to show that the acquirers can alter the targets’ export decision through three possible channels: fixed-cost jumping, technology transfer and global market reorganization. We find evidence that foreign acquisitions change the Chinese target firms’ probability of exporting to a third market. Technology transfer is not observed. Evidence implies that fixed-cost jumping is used to enable the targets to export, while global market reorganization is a key motive for the acquirers to withdraw the targets from the export market.
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