One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves, and that these waves are correlated with increases in share prices and price/earnings ratios. We test four hypotheses that have been advanced to explain merger waves: the industry shocks, q-, overvaluation and managerial discretion hypotheses. The first two are neoclassical in that they assume that managers maximize profits, mergers create wealth, and the capital market is efficient. The last two, behavioral hypotheses relax these assumptions in different ways. We test the four hypotheses by estimating models of the amounts of assets acquired by firms, models that identify the characteristics of targets, and estimates of the returns to acquirers’ shareholders. Altho...
This study reexamines whether the occurrence of merger waves can be explained by the neoclassical hy...
Despite the large number of event studies of mergers that have been undertaken, considerable disagre...
Mergers and acquisitions play an important role in international financial markets, which explains w...
"Es ist eines der auffallendsten Merkmale von Unternehmenszusammen-schlüssen, dass sie in Wellen sta...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves that are correlated with ...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves that are correlated with...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves, and that these waves are...
This study reexamines whether the occurrence of merger waves can be explained by the neoclassical hy...
Historically, merger and acquisition (or M&A) activity has occurred in cyclical patterns, forming wh...
Following standard Austrian School theory, in this paper I identify merger waves as parts of Austria...
This paper identifies merger waves as parts of Austrian-type business cycles. According to Austrian ...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves, and that these waves are...
This paper reviews the vast academic literature on the market for corporate control.Our main focus i...
We develop a model of endogenous mergers to study their dynamic process. Firms choose whether, when,...
This paper develops a model of the timing of merger waves based on the investment opportunityı syner...
This study reexamines whether the occurrence of merger waves can be explained by the neoclassical hy...
Despite the large number of event studies of mergers that have been undertaken, considerable disagre...
Mergers and acquisitions play an important role in international financial markets, which explains w...
"Es ist eines der auffallendsten Merkmale von Unternehmenszusammen-schlüssen, dass sie in Wellen sta...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves that are correlated with ...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves that are correlated with...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves, and that these waves are...
This study reexamines whether the occurrence of merger waves can be explained by the neoclassical hy...
Historically, merger and acquisition (or M&A) activity has occurred in cyclical patterns, forming wh...
Following standard Austrian School theory, in this paper I identify merger waves as parts of Austria...
This paper identifies merger waves as parts of Austrian-type business cycles. According to Austrian ...
One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves, and that these waves are...
This paper reviews the vast academic literature on the market for corporate control.Our main focus i...
We develop a model of endogenous mergers to study their dynamic process. Firms choose whether, when,...
This paper develops a model of the timing of merger waves based on the investment opportunityı syner...
This study reexamines whether the occurrence of merger waves can be explained by the neoclassical hy...
Despite the large number of event studies of mergers that have been undertaken, considerable disagre...
Mergers and acquisitions play an important role in international financial markets, which explains w...