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Abnormal Returns of Japanese Acquisition Bidders - Impact of Pro-M&A Legislation in the 1990s

Higgins, Huong N. - 2009

-M&A legislation in Japan. These findings help determine gains from trading strategies for M&A deals in Japan, and provide insight into … the current M&A environment in Japan as shaped by pro-M&A legislation …

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Blockholder and Firm Performance : Quasi-Experiment Using Japanese Bank Mergers

Suzuki, Katsushi - 2014

ratio by the blockholder affects companies' operating performance and bank-firm relationships. In Japan, banks are …

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Minority Shareholders' Enforcement of Corporate Governance in Takeovers : An English Law Perspective on the Belgian Fortis Bank Case

Lee, Joseph - 2016

The Fortis Bank takeover court case demonstrates how shareholders' claims can make a merger and takeover case less … speedy and, indeed, more costly. The case also raises a number of legal issues relating to corporate governance in a takeover …-market efficiency and social-legal justice in intervening in a financial takeover. The case reveals the divergent views taken by the two …

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Governance and Merger Activity in Banking

Piskula, Thomas J. - 2012

One method of evaluating the success of management decisions regarding acquisitions is to examine equity price movements as the news of the merger is made public. The price movement of the acquiring firm's equity around the announcement of the acquisition indicates if shareholders believe...

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Corporate Governance, Bank Mergers and Executive Compensation

Liu, Yan - 2014

Using a sample of US bank mergers from 1995 to 2012, we observe that the pre-post merger changes in CEO bonus are significantly negatively related to the strength of corporate governance within the bidding bank. This suggests that bonus compensation is not consistent with the “optimal...

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Bank Integration and the Market for Corporate Control : Evidence from Cross-State Acquisitions

John, Kose - 2019

How does bank integration affect the market for corporate control for nonfinancial firms? We provide causal evidence that interstate bank deregulation affects acquisitions mainly through reducing the information asymmetry between acquirers and targets, instead of increased credit supply. After...

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Aggressive CEOs and Bank Mergers and Acquisitions

Ji, Mingming; Jiang, Liangliang - 2022

The U.S. banking industry has seen waves of mergers since the 1980s. Despite a significant body of research on the determinants of these waves, there are few studies of how CEOs influence banks’ mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This paper studies the effect of CEO aggressiveness on bank M&As....

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Blockholdings and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector

Köhler, Matthias - 2008

been improved by a better protection of minority shareholder rights, the efficiency of the takeover market has been reduced …

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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector

Köhler, Matthias - 2009

been improved by a better protection of minority shareholder rights, the efficiency of the takeover market has been reduced …

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Corporate Governance Compliance and Disclosure in the Banking Sector : Using Data from Japan

Boolaky, Pran Krishansing - 2010

corporate governance disclosure in Japan. The findings suggest that on average 8 banks out of a sample of 46 disclose optimal … firms of banks in the context of Japan. The findings of this paper are relevant for corporate regulators, professional …

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