Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance

This paper tends to examine the long-run postacquisition abnormal returns of bidding firms in the Chinese market. We apply the buy-and-hold abnormal return (BHAR) and risk-adjusted factor model to estimate the abnormal returns. By testing 30 acquisitions that selected from the Chinese stock markets...

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Main Author: Zhou, Ling
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21848/
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description This paper tends to examine the long-run postacquisition abnormal returns of bidding firms in the Chinese market. We apply the buy-and-hold abnormal return (BHAR) and risk-adjusted factor model to estimate the abnormal returns. By testing 30 acquisitions that selected from the Chinese stock markets during 1997 to 2007, we find the bidding-firm shareholders earn normal returns in the long-run period. We also find a relationship between the postacquisition returns and the form of payment. The evidence indicates that firms merged with cash earn significant positive abnormal returns while stock merger earn significant negative abnormal returns. Our results also indicate a difference between the stocks with high book-to-market ratio (value stocks) and the stocks with low book-to-market ratio (glamour stocks). Generally speaking, value stocks are outperformed while glamour stocks do not. But both value acquirers and glamour acquirers do not earn statistically abnormal returns.
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spelling nottingham-218482018-02-11T15:30:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21848/ Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance Zhou, Ling This paper tends to examine the long-run postacquisition abnormal returns of bidding firms in the Chinese market. We apply the buy-and-hold abnormal return (BHAR) and risk-adjusted factor model to estimate the abnormal returns. By testing 30 acquisitions that selected from the Chinese stock markets during 1997 to 2007, we find the bidding-firm shareholders earn normal returns in the long-run period. We also find a relationship between the postacquisition returns and the form of payment. The evidence indicates that firms merged with cash earn significant positive abnormal returns while stock merger earn significant negative abnormal returns. Our results also indicate a difference between the stocks with high book-to-market ratio (value stocks) and the stocks with low book-to-market ratio (glamour stocks). Generally speaking, value stocks are outperformed while glamour stocks do not. But both value acquirers and glamour acquirers do not earn statistically abnormal returns. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21848/1/08MAlixlz22.pdf Zhou, Ling (2008) Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) Merger and acquisitions Buy-and-hold abnormal returns
spellingShingle Merger and acquisitions
Buy-and-hold abnormal returns
Zhou, Ling
Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title_full Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title_fullStr Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title_full_unstemmed Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title_short Long-Term Abnormal Returns of Takeovers: The Impact of Merger and Acquisition on China Company Performance
title_sort long-term abnormal returns of takeovers: the impact of merger and acquisition on china company performance
topic Merger and acquisitions
Buy-and-hold abnormal returns
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21848/