We examine the relation between divergence of opinion about the value of the acquiring firm in the pre-acquisition announcement period and post-acquisition stock returns. We find that acquirers subject to high opinion dispersion earn lower future returns than acquirers subject to low dispersion....

This paper investigates the existence of contrarian profits and the sources of these profits, for the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). The empirical analysis decomposes contrarian profits to sources due to common factor reaction, overreaction to firm-specific information, and profits not related to...

In spite of the popularity of international portfolio diversification theory, extant empirical literature shows that investors prefer domestic assets and as a result, many studies argue that investors' portfolios are largely suboptimal. This paper examines whether British investors need to...

This paper investigates the existence of contrarian profits and the sources of these profits, for the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). The empirical analysis decomposes contrarian profits to sources due to common factor reaction, overreaction to firm-specific information, and profits not related to...

Apart from the obvious reasons for raising capital, a firm can hedge its interest rate exposure by issuing debt, the value of which moves in an opposite direction from the value of its assets as interest rate varies. We examine whether firms in the UK market make full use of debt issuances for...

"We examine the relation between the degree of short sale constraints for acquiring firms' equity and post takeover stock performance. We find that negative long-run abnormal returns appear to decline (in economic and statistical terms) as the extent and persistence of institutional block-holder...

"Is it too much to pay target firm shareholders a 50% premium on top of market price? Or is it too much to pay a 100% premium when pursuing mergers and acquisitions? How much is too much? In this paper, we examine how the extent of merger premiums paid impacts both the long-run and announcement...

In this paper we review the methods of measuring the economic gains of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We show that the widely employed event study methodology, whether for short or long event windows, has failed to provide meaningful insight and usable lessons regarding the central question of...

The divergence of opinion 'premium hypothesis', developed by Miller [Miller, E., 1977. Risk, uncertainty, and divergence of opinion. Journal of Finance 32, 1151-1168], predicts that the price of a stock is set by optimistic investors when belief asymmetry about its value is high. We examine...