Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Artyom A. Sokolsky Author-Email: artyom_sokolsky@rambler.ru Author-Workplace-Name: The State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Title: Synergy Effect in Mergers and Acquisitions Abstract: The article reviews principal approaches to efficiency assessment of the M&A transactions, analyses the synergy effect concept in application to such transactions and the methods of determination thereof. An approach whereby the synergy effect of the actual transaction is defined as the result of transformation of the system expressed as the additional income amount is proposed. Classification-JEL: Keywords: mergers and acquisitions, synergy effect, economic efficiency, criteria of efficiency, subadditivity and superadditivity effects Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 151-160 Issue: 4 Year: 2011 Month: October File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2011/4/statii/2011_04_16.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:110416:p:151-160