The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance

This paper analyse the sample of 99 M&A transactions by U.S. publicly listed firm from 2003 to 2004 based on the Securities Data Corporation database. In the average, the acquiring firm has significant negative cumulative abnormal return from the M&A transaction base on the short-term analys...

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Main Author: Shi, Yufei
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23654/
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description This paper analyse the sample of 99 M&A transactions by U.S. publicly listed firm from 2003 to 2004 based on the Securities Data Corporation database. In the average, the acquiring firm has significant negative cumulative abnormal return from the M&A transaction base on the short-term analysis; the different type of the target firm and method of the payment, also play very important rule in the M&A, since the variation could arise from the different characteristics of the target and bid. Result indicate the smaller acquiring firm, and the smaller relative size between target and acquiring firm have smaller negative cumulative abnormal return to the acquiring firm than others; merger in the different industry have less negative return for acquiring firm compare to same industry acquisition; furthermore, the cash payment is more attractive compare to stock and other payment in three-day and five-day event windows, since they have smaller negative return for the acquiring firm, but not in the eleven-day event window.
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spelling nottingham-236542018-01-10T18:32:29Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23654/ The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance Shi, Yufei This paper analyse the sample of 99 M&A transactions by U.S. publicly listed firm from 2003 to 2004 based on the Securities Data Corporation database. In the average, the acquiring firm has significant negative cumulative abnormal return from the M&A transaction base on the short-term analysis; the different type of the target firm and method of the payment, also play very important rule in the M&A, since the variation could arise from the different characteristics of the target and bid. Result indicate the smaller acquiring firm, and the smaller relative size between target and acquiring firm have smaller negative cumulative abnormal return to the acquiring firm than others; merger in the different industry have less negative return for acquiring firm compare to same industry acquisition; furthermore, the cash payment is more attractive compare to stock and other payment in three-day and five-day event windows, since they have smaller negative return for the acquiring firm, but not in the eleven-day event window. 2010-11 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23654/1/The_effect_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_on_company%E2%80%99s_performance-Y.Shi.pdf Shi, Yufei (2010) The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title_full The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title_fullStr The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title_full_unstemmed The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title_short The effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
title_sort effect of mergers and acquisitions on company’s performance
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23654/