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Do investor reactions to merger announcements shape SEC filings writing?

Aktas, Nihat; de Bodt, Eric; Dogan, Can - 2022

This study examines whether the content of firms' Security Exchange Commission (SEC) filings submitted for their merger …

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Valuing the process of corporate restructuring

Boone, Audra L.; Mulherin, John Harold - 2001

We study the process of corporate restructuring for a sample of 298 firms during the 1989-98 period that announce that they are considering restructuring alternatives. We find that restructuring is a lengthy process, with the majority of the restructuring period occurring prior to any definitive...

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The negative effects of mergers and acquisitions on the value of rivals

Derrien, François; Frésard, Laurent; Slabik, Victoria; … - 2017

Revaluations of industry peers around horizontal acquisitions are negative when targets are private, but positive when they are public. We posit this “revaluation spread” arises because acquiring managers favor private targets when public firms are overvalued. Targets' ownership status thus...

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How Do Human Capital Assets Affect Cumulative Abnormal Returns During Merger and Acquisition Announcements?

Ngammekchai, Surasak (Matt) - 2008

, controlling for this EF, merger size is unrelated to announcement period returns …

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An Empirical Event Study of ComScore, Inc. Merger with Rentrak Corporation via Twitter Sentiment Analysis

Shen, Kaiwen - 2022

This research focused on the shareholder wealth effect of comScore, Inc.’s merger withRentrak Corp, and a sentiment … analysis data has explanatory power for abnormal return on the merger forcomScore and Rentrak …

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Investor Activism and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Singh, Akshay - 2016

This study analyzed activism that leads to a merger or acquisition (M&A) of a firm to see its benefits for the …

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No News is Good News! Media Coverage and Corporate Takeover Characteristics

Nahidi, Narmin; Hirth, Stefan - 2022

degree of media coverage, positive and negative media coverage) and various takeover characteristics. We find that media … coverage is negatively associated with the takeover premium. This holds for both positive and negative media coverage. Thus, no … news is good news in terms of achieving a higher takeover premium. The method of payment shows an ambiguous relation with …

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The Measurement of the Market's Reaction to Merger Announcements

Muslumov, Alovsat - 2012

This paper measures the capital markets’ reaction to merger announcements within the announcement month using the … significant. These results indicate that the gains around the merger announcements reflect synergetic gains, not the wealth …

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Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation : A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

Aktas, Nihat - 2012

This article revisits the protectionism hypothesis related to the European merger regulation (EMR). In the 1990s, EMR … EC in the 1990s. With a sample of 474 merger proposals submitted to the EC during 1990–2007, we show that the EC …

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Does Cross-Listing in the US Foster Mergers and Acquisitions and Increase Target Shareholder Wealth?

Cosset, Jean-Claude - 2010

higher takeover premiums relative to their non-cross-listed peers. Moreover, shareholders of Sarbanes-Oxley-compliant targets …

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