We examine how using stock as the method of payment affects a bidder's investor base and investor recognition, and the bidder announcement return. We hypothesize that relative to a cash acquisition, a stock acquisition would increase the bidder's investor base and lower Merton's (1987) shadow...

WWe estimate the relative signal jump variance (RSJV) as the difference between the realized positive half-variance and negative half-variance divided by the realized variance using high-frequency intraday data and investigate its role in the cross-sectional pricing in the Chinese stock market....

This paper examines the reaction of investors to the arrival of unexpected information on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The empirical results suggest that the investor reaction following unexpected news on the ISE100 is consistent with Overreaction Hypothesis especially after unfavorable market...