Conn, Robert L.; Cosh, Andy; Guest, Paul M.; Hughes, Alan - 2005
We examine the announcement and post‐acquisition share returns of UK acquirers in over 4,000 acquisitions of domestic …, cross‐border, public and private targets. Domestic public acquisitions result in negative announcement and post …‐acquisition returns, whilst cross‐border public acquisitions result in zero announcement returns and negative post‐acquisition returns. In …