This study examines the impact of merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements made by U.S. companies listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Chinese companies listed on Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges on acquiring frms' stock returns. The event study methodology is employed to...

This article analyses the market reaction to stock splits announcements, using a unique US sample over the period 2000 to 2009. Our event study finds a significantly positive Cumulative Average Abnormal Return (CAAR) around the announcement date. Liquidity increases lead to higher stock price...

Abstract: Using a unique sample of 425 bank mergers in the US announced between 2000 and 2008 this paper provides clear evidence supporting the collusion and productive efficiency hypotheses. By analyzing 425 bank mergers and a total of 1112 possible rivals, our analysis shows that the majority...

There is a growing concern that U.S. merger control may have been too lenient, but empirical evidence remains limited. Event studies have been used as one method to acquire empirical insights into the competitive effects of mergers. However, existing work suffers from strong identifying...

This paper investigates the value successful bidders generate from acquiring less liquid targets. This synergy is traced with both theoretical and empirical evidence from the squeeze-out stage of going private transactions, when bidders hold sizeable toeholds in target shares. On one side, via...

We study the shareholder value implications of a shift in the corporate balance of power towards shareholders. We find that in response to an unanticipated event that made it likely that an annual binding shareholder vote on management pay would become compulsory for Swiss public companies, the...

Moral und Ökonomie -- Moralische Präferenzen auf Kapitalmärkten: Relevanz und Auswirkungen auf der Mikroebene -- Moralische Präferenzen auf Kapitalmärkten: eine theoriebasierte Betrachtung der induzierten Auswirkungen auf der Makroebene -- Systematische Kapitalmarktreaktionen auf...