their post-merger survival. SPACs are unique financial firms that conduct the IPO with the solely purpose to use the … determining post-merger outcomes of new company, specifically when it comes to their suvival/failure. Namely, increases in pre-merger … commitment by SPAC stakeholders and initial positive market performance increase post-merger survival likelihood. On the contrary …

of SEC filings (10-K Form) and the prognostic power of such language for takeover performance. The sample under study … long-term takeover performance, suggesting that managerial virtuous talk is, in practicality, an indication of lower post …-acquisition gains for the acquirers in the long run. Furthermore, takeover returns are found to reflect textual information on trust …

This paper investigates the merger wave hypothesis for the US and the UK employing a Markov regime switching model …. Using quarterly data covering the last thirty years, for the US, we identify the beginning of a merger wave in the mid 1990s … but not the much-discussed 1980s merger wave. We argue that the latter finding can be ascribed to the refined methods of …

This paper offers new evidence on informed trading around merger and acquisition announcements from the UK equity and …

, DB schemes of target firms may reduce the takeover likelihood and bidder DB schemes may influence payment currency choice … takeover bids for United Kingdom (UK) listed companies during 2002-12, we find that bidder and target DC costs decrease the … merger announcements. Further, the negative economic impact of DC scheme risk on synergistic value from mergers is even …