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Amirhossein Tavakoli

Amirhossein Tavakoli is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of British Columbia. His main research fields are public economics and innovation. His recent studies include how corporate M&As affect workers and firms and how R&D tax credit affect firms’ innovative output.
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Do Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Hurt Workers?

David Arnold
Competition authorities and analysts are increasingly focused on the impact of mergers and acquisitions on worker welfare. Using a novel dataset on Canadian firms and workers, David Arnold, Kevin Milligan, Terry S. Moon and Amirhossein Tavakoli test the empirical validity of several theories on how M&A may help or harm workers.

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