merging and rival firms’ stocks to quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. We back up our … results and methodology by using alternative measures for the merger’s profitability effects based on balance-sheet data and … assess merger control’s effectiveness. By using data gathered from several sources and employing different evaluation …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

information. We test whether markets fully incorporate this information using the empirical context of mergers. During the year … after merger announcement, the passage of time is informative about the probability that the merger will ultimately complete …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

I conduct an event study on the proposed $26.5 billion merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. Positive and statistically … and Verizon is consistent with a market power interpretation of the merger. AT&T's returns appear unaffected by news of … requiring modification to the traditional assessment of the horizontal mergers. The combination of Sprint and T-Mobile warrants …

of selling and buying airlines, thus contributing to the literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in emerging … obtain abnormal returns that are statistically significant after the announcement of the M&A. However, when the merger is not …

the German Reorganisation Act (UmwG). A merger passed at the General Annual Meeting will not move forward as long as any … lawsuit is pending with a court. In particular, mergers have to be implemented without any delay. The minority shareholders … blocked mergers in between 2003 and 2009. The first part of this paper lays out the following theoretical approach: We assume …

This research focused on the shareholder wealth effect of comScore, Inc.’s merger withRentrak Corp, and a sentiment … analysis data has explanatory power for abnormal return on the merger forcomScore and Rentrak …