Data imputation holds significant importance in a variety of fields including risk management. Incomplete or missing data can hinder a thorough analysis of risks, making accurate decision-making challenging. By employing imputation techniques to fill in the gaps, risk managers can obtain a more...

This paper develops a new scoring methodology to determine a country's capability to develop and sustain mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity on the basis of publicly available and continuously updated information. The study computes a theoretically grounded maturity index for M&A purposes...

We test the determinants of leverage within the trade-off and pecking order framework, and the speed of adjustment to the target leverage of large and small firms quoted on a regulated (Main) and relatively unregulated market (AIM) in the UK. We find that both firm size and market of quotation...

This paper discusses acquisitions of distressed and bankrupt concerns. It starts with a description of the different types of targets (healthy, distressed, bankrupt) and provides insightful comparisons of deal and firm characteristics using the above classification, while recognizing the...