special focus on bank mergers during the financial crisis of this decade. During this crisis period when many big banks are … event study methodology, we investigate the wealth effect on acquiring banks to understand the market reaction in bank … States and European countries, respectively to the acquiring bank. When we focus on banks with different size and location …

/methodology/approach - This paper presents a model of the disciplinary takeover based on the efficient market hypothesis which provides … appropriate measures for it to examine the financial performance of acquiring banks after takeover. Findings - The results … indicate that the takeover market for large banks was ineffective in two aspects: the market did not distinguish strong banks …

investing -- Microsoft, Inbev, and the return of the hostile takeover -- Mars, Pfizer and the changing face of strategic deals …