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In this paper, we compare the equity returns of dividend-paying and non-dividend paying firms. We find no unconditional … return difference even though non-dividend paying firms have many characteristics that suggest high risk. Equivalently …, because non-dividend paying firms have high risk-metrics, their returns are abnormally low compared with dividend-paying firms …
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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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This paper offers new evidence on informed trading around merger and acquisition announcements from the UK equity and …
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This paper examines changes in acquirer and target companies' Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads as a proxy for default risk around official mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announce-ments. Related literature extensively documents wealth effects triggered by M&A from the shareholders' perspective,...
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. Therefore, this study aims to close this gap by exploring the effect of merger announcements on CDS spreads empirically. A …
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We find strong evidence that analysts tend to have downward-biased earnings estimates immediately before merger … announcement dates when earning announcement date is within a 60 day window prior to merger announcement date. Compared to pure … hypothesis, suggesting analyst's earnings forecast right before merger announcements may be influenced by merger means of payment …
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We find strong evidence that analysts tend to have downward-biased earnings estimates immediately before merger … announcement dates when earning announcement date is within a 60 day window prior to merger announcement date. Compared to pure … hypothesis, suggesting analyst's earnings forecast right before merger announcements may be influenced by merger means of payment …
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