This study explores the investment behavior of underperforming chief executive officers (CEOs) on merger frequency and … the effect on acquirers’ shareholder wealth of merger bids in U.S. industrial firms. We find that underperforming CEOs are … wealth, we find that there is no evidence to indicate that underperforming CEOs perform more poorly with a merger bid …

This study explores the behavior of underperforming chief executive officers (CEOs) on merger frequency and the effect … on acquirers’ shareholder wealth of merger bids in U.S. industrial firms from 1994 to 2018. We find that underperforming … perform more poorly with a merger bid. Further, we find that rankings of underperforming CEOs who engage in acquisitions are …

Although bank mergers have been a topic of ongoing research in the USA, particularly in view of reforms instituted by …

the period 1990-2002 to assess the effectiveness of European merger control. The basic idea is to relate announcement and … decision abnormal returns. Under a set of four maintained assumptions, merger control might be interpreted to be effective if … rents accruing due to the increased market power observed around the merger announcement are reversed by the antitrust …

assess merger control's effectiveness. By using data gathered from several sources and employing different evaluation … techniques, we analyze the economic effects of the European Commission's (EC) merger control decisions and distinguish between … merging and rival firms' stocks to quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. We back up our …