We study advertising at the brand level in a sample of corporate acquisitions. New owners display an elevated …

mergers entail higher systematic risk and, instead of providing risk diversification to shareholders, exhibit greater … large bank mergers actually translates into more risk for shareholders and susceptibility to adverse movements in the …

the number of mergers and acquisitions, the research results suggest that, for the market and period considered, one way …Based on empirical studies and theoretical evidence, the paper investigates the relationship between mergers and … acquisitions in Romania and Romanian stock market, described by the BET and BET-C indexes. By using the Granger causality test for …

Purpose: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a popular vehicle for domestic as well as international companies …

compensated for completing mergers with targets that are highly connected to the acquiring firms, that acquisitions are more … likely to take place between two firms that are well connected to each other through social ties, and that such acquisitions …

I demonstrate that acquisitions are accompanied by large, permanent increases in Chief Executive Officer (CEO …) compensation, which create strong financial incentives for CEOs to pursue acquisitions earlier in their career. Accordingly, I … ∼30% less likely to announce an acquisition. This negative effect of CEO age on acquisitions is strongest among firms …

In our sample of 1,937 US mergers (1995 to 2011), 8.4 percent of all targets received oers with negative premiums where …

This paper explores domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from the regional perspective. The Finnish firm …