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This Internet Appendix (IA) contains three sections: The first section provides variable definitions (Section IA1), the second section outlines the development and estimation of the overbidding measure, as well as reports summary statistics and estimation results (Section IA2), and the third and...
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In this study, we investigate what makes up acquired goodwill and find that it consists of at least three distinct components: expected synergies from combining the assets of the target and acquirer, the going concern value of the target firm, and overpayment. We identify these components...
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I explore the incidence, amounts, disclosure and potential sources of bargain purchase gains reported by an Australian sample of firms during 2013-15. I find that 7.58% of the acquirers reported bargain purchase gains during this period. The median gain as a percentage of consideration...
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Before completing an M&A transaction, acquiring firms conduct due diligence. This process provides acquiring firms with a more informed assessment of the expected costs, benefits, and risks of an acquisition and offers one last opportunity to renegotiate or terminate an M&A transaction. However,...
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Before completing an M&A transaction, acquiring firms conduct due diligence. This process provides acquiring firms with a more informed assessment of the expected costs, benefits, and risks of an acquisition and offers one last opportunity to renegotiate or terminate an M&A transaction. However,...
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reports and press releases to non-routine takeover documents where the financial consequences of narrative disclosures can be … in the defence documents of target companies subject to hostile takeover bids. The paper examines the incidence, extent … and implications of impression management in ten hostile takeover defence documents issued by target companies listed on …
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Most studies of forecast disclosure do not examine the information disclosed in forecasts, focusing instead on the dichotomous decision to disclose/not disclose a forecast. More recent research has begun to examine the nature of the forecasts disclosed (qualitative vs. non-qualitative; point or...
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probability of takeover. A subsidiary issue is whether such a strategy has any impact on their subsequent probability of … takeover. …
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This paper studies how institutional characteristics of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are related to their post-merger survival. SPACs are unique financial firms that conduct the IPO with the solely purpose to use the proceeds to acquire another private company. Paper finds...
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