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This study examines the impact of merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements made by U.S. companies listed on New York …
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We study firms that go public through reverse mergers (RMs) versus initial public offerings (IPOs) in China. Using a manually assembled data set, we show that pre-listing RM firms are larger, more profitable, and less politically connected than pre-listing IPO firms. Chinese RM firms also have...
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Using a comprehensive sample of reverse merger (RM) transactions, we examine the effects of China's IPO regulations on …
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A text analysis of domestic Chinese newspaper articles on 797 proposed mergers shows that media in developing countries are quantifiably susceptible to pressure: media coverage is more favorable for deals consistent with government objectives and involving powerful local firms. However, we also...
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This study investigates the relationship between investor inattention and earnings announcement effects around a Chinese holiday called Tomb-Sweeping Day, which, unlike other holidays, is short. Not only is investor attention distracted, which can generate emotional fluctuation, but a large...
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leading to a takeover announcement. Using a sample of 3,455 Chinese listed firms that are targets of successful acquisitions … also suggests that pre-merger earnings management in target firms is not fully anticipated by the market before the … takeover announcement. We find no evidence of earnings management immediately after the announcement quarter. …
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Using the "Dragon and Tiger" list, we construct a clean indicator that directly measures investor attention, empirically test the effect of investor attention on stock return under negative shocks and whether the effect is affected by the bull or bear market, the industry, firm size, age and...
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