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Quantification of the evolution of firm size distributions due to mergers and acquisitions

Lera, Sandro Claudio; Sornette, Didier - 2016

The distribution of firm sizes is known to be heavy tailed. In order to account for this stylized fact, previous studies have focused mainly on growth through investments in a company's own operations (internal growth). Thereby, the impact of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on the firm size...

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Taking Over the Size Effect : Asset Pricing Implications of Merger Activity

Easterwood, Sara; Netter, Jeffry M.; Paye, Bradley S.; … - 2022

ex ante takeover exposure positively and robustly relates to cross-sectional expected returns. The relation between size … and expected returns becomes positive or insignificant, rather than negative, conditional on this takeover characteristic …. Asset pricing models that include a factor based on the takeover characteristic outperform otherwise similar models that …

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Stock liquidity, firm size and return persistence around mergers and acquisitions announcement

Kyei-Mensah, Justice - In: Investment management and financial innovations 16 (2019) 2, pp. 116-127

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Profitability of mergers and acquisitions : evidence from India's high-tech industries

Singh, S. Shekhar - In: The Indian economic journal 66 (2018) 3/4, pp. 223-249

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The Competitive Consequences of Size in Banking : Evidence from Megabank Mergers

Devos, Erik - 2011

Concerns over size in banking arise from the potential for a megabank to harm competition and extract safety net subsidies. With the worrisome increases in size having been achieved through megamergers, this paper examines whether gains in such mergers trace to efficiency improvements or market...

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