The aim of this paper is to test whether the European Commission activities generate a heterogeneity effect on the merging parties. A sample of 74 firms involved in 45 contested merger and acquisition operations during the years 1990 to 1999 is used. The methodology is based on the GARCH...

An information flow over a period of time can affect the market in two ways: the value of the concerned assets and the degree of heterogeneity of investor anticipations. In this paper, we focus on the second aspect through the study of the information flow generated by European Commission...

On December 21, 1989 the European Community Counsel promulgated EEC regulation no. 4064/89 and in doing so, reinforced merger operations monitoring and control at the European level. The object of this study is to evaluate the consequences of the application of this regulation to non-European...

Since Modigliani and Miller (1958,1963), the relationship between debt and value still remains an open question. The numerous contributions of US research seem to show that the relationship between debt, performance and value is complex. The influence of debt on performance is affected by many...