A Study of the Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Wealth of Acquiring Firms in the Short Run: the UK Evidence.

This paper investigates the impact of M&A on shareholder wealth of acquiring firms in the short run. Testing on the sample of 909 M&A deals made by UK public acquiring firms between 1997 and 2006, the results reveals that on average, acquiring firms earn significant and positive abnormal ret...

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Main Author: Sun, Yingrong
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30109/