Previous research on acquisitions has found announcement returns for acquirers to be affected by a number of factors; most prominent being the size of the acquirer, the method of payment and type of ownership of the target. Acquisitions by small acquirers, cash deals and deals for private...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if non-US/non-Canada (international) equity listings in the Canadian stock exchanges increased with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Canada. A question of interest is whether the adoption of common global...

This study examines the wealth effects of hidden addition acquisitions, i.e., stock financed acquisitions by S&P 500 acquirers of non-S&P 500 targets. These acquisitions result in a re-balancing of the S&P 500, causing the acquirer's weight in the index to increase. We classify the acquisitions...

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to multi-agent, multi-choice repetitive games, such as the Kolkata Restaurant Problem and the Minority Game. It explains how the tangible formulations of these games, using stochastic strategies developed by statistical physicists employing...

Previous research on acquisitions has found announcement returns for acquirers to be affected by a number of factors; most prominent being the size of the acquirer, the method of payment and type of ownership of the target. Acquisitions by small acquirers, cash deals and deals for private...