We test several hypotheses on how takeover premium is related to investors’ divergence of opinion on the target’s equity value. We show that the total takeover premium, the pre-announcement target stock price runup and the post-announcement stock price markup are all higher when investors...

This paper investigates the size, value and momentum effects in 18 emerging stock markets during the period 1990-2013. We find that size and momentum strategies generally fail to generate superior returns in emerging markets. The value effect exists in all markets except Brazil, and it is robust...