We examine whether the 2005 mandatory adoption of IFRS is followed by an increase in cross-border acquisitions into the adopting countries and whether the association is driven by IFRS per se or by concurrent enforcement changes. Using the exogeneity of a firm's listing status to identify the...

Prior studies suggest that investors have limited attention. Tests of the inattention hypothesis have been performed in the context of relatively small corporate events, particularly earnings announcements. Presumably, large corporate events would always attract sufficient investor attention....

Extant studies often assume that targets' private ownership mitigates acquirers' incentives and opportunities to finance acquisitions with inflated stocks. This view stems from the observation that, although the average stock-for-stock acquirer's merger announcement abnormal return is negative...

Prior studies suggest that investors have limited attention. Tests of the inattention hypothesis have been performed in the context of relatively small corporate events, particularly earnings announcements. Presumably, large corporate events would always attract sufficient investor attention....

Extant studies on the market reaction to acquisition announcements often assume that targets' private ownership mitigates acquirers' incentives and opportunities to finance acquisitions with inflated stocks. This view is supported by the observation that, although the average stock-for-stock...