Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2026-04 Tracking Mergers and Acquisitions Using Australian Administrative Data

Contents

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Data and Methodology
• Serial Acquisitions
• The Characteristics of Acquiring and Target Firms
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: Detail on ASIC Forms
• References
• Copyright and Disclaimer Notice

Nu Nu Win would like to acknowledge the support of the Sir Roland Wilson Scholarship Program. The authors would like to thank Yun Jiang for research assistance and the Department of the Treasury's Competition Review Taskforce for valuable feedback and comments on this paper. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Department of the Treasury or the Australian Government. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the authors.

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Australian National University [*]

Economic Research Department, Reserve Bank of Australia [**]

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [***]