While cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving emerging markets have been increasing in recent years, a high percentage of them collapse before completion. This study investigates how the predictors of cross-border M&A completion involving emerging markets depend upon the direction...

How do financial frictions shape the set of acquirers, how much they acquire, and how long they keep ownership? To address these questions, we develop a tractable model of M&As whereby acquirers and targets emerge endogenously due to differences in liquidity. Financial crises lead to selection...