The proposed new SEC (2022) rules suggest that the information risk may be unusually high for companies going public by merging with SPACs (“SPAC-IPOs”). We study the merits of this “information risk” hypothesis and then examine whether the high information risk also explains...

This article examines the impact of the method of payment used in acquisitions on the acquiring firms' post-merger operating cash flow and some of its components cash inflow from sales, cash payments to suppliers, and payments for other operating expenses. I find that acquiring firms that pay...