Table 1.
Meaning and explanation of the variables.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistical results of the variables.
Table 3.
Impact of corporate mergers and acquisitions on technological innovation.
Table 4.
Multiple matching methods for testing the impact of corporate mergers and acquisitions on technological innovation.
Table 5.
Robustness test of the impact of corporate mergers and acquisitions on technological innovation.
Fig 1.
Parallel trend test.
Table 6.
Placebo test.
Fig 2.
Placebo test.
Table 7.
Endogeneity test results.
Table 8.
Impact mechanism test results.
Table 9.
Heterogeneity analysis.