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,...

This paper examines changes in Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads as a proxy for default risk after M&A announcement for the companies involved. Existing literature extensively documents wealth effects triggered by M&A announcements from the shareholders' perspective, but there is limited...

Acquiring assets on a worldwide scale is strategically important for any country's fruitful implementation of plans for manifold growth and development. It is essential for energy security and sufficiency. With the widespread scarcity of oil sources in the non-OPEC countries acquisition of oil...

This paper examines the importance of institutional quality in cross-border buyout performance. Using 2,639 cross-border buyout investments during 1998-2007 in 38 countries, we find that the higher the institutional quality of the country where the portfolio company is located, the higher the...

This paper empirically analyses the effect of foreign block acquisitions on the U.S. target firms' credit risk as captured by their CDS. The involvement of foreign investors leads to a significant increase in the target firms' CDS spreads. This effect is stronger when foreign owners are...

In this paper, I propose a theory that connects a Private Equity (PE) fund's valuation, a PE fund manager's expected ability and the likelihood of cross-border acquisitions. Using a model of costly-state verification, I show that an increase in a PE fund's valuation driven by economy-wide...

We study if a CEO's equity-based compensation affects the expected value generation in takeovers. When the objectives of management and shareholders are more aligned, as proxied by the use of equity-based compensation, more value-maximizing acquisitions are expected. Whereas in widely-held firms...

We study if a CEO's equity-based compensation affects the expected value generation in takeovers. When the objectives of management and shareholders are more aligned, as proxied by the use of equity-based compensation, more value-maximizing acquisitions are expected. Whereas in widely-held firms...

We examine the announcement returns of acquisitions made by Indian firms during the period 1995 to 2011. Our results confirm that the announcement returns to Indian acquirers are on average significantly positive. However, we are first to document that the announcement returns to Indian...

Acquiring firm shareholders place greater value on the purchase of unlisted firms (2.71%) than listed ones (0.59%) for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) performed by European listed firms from 2002 to 2007.Managerial opportunism is a determinant in the acquisition of listed firms, occurring with...