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Mergers, acquisitions and control of telecommunications firms in Europe

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New evidence is presented about 12 large acquisitions by telecommunications firms in Europe. The average effect on acquirers' shareholder value is not significantly different from zero, which confirms a paradox found by previous studies: bidding firms' shareholders do not benefit from takeovers. There is high dispersion in the results. This suggests that detailed studies may uncover important aspects of the constraints that exist in the corporate control market of telecommunications firms. A case study of the Spanish firm Telefonica suggests that corporate governance problems and political intervention are significant components of these "agency" constraints.

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  • Trillas, Francesc, 0. "Mergers, acquisitions and control of telecommunications firms in Europe," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 26(5-6), pages 269-286, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:26:y::i:5-6:p:269-286
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    1. Francesc Trillas, 2004. "The structure of corporate ownership in privatized utilities," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 28(2), pages 257-284, May.
    2. Ryu, Min Ho & Yang, Shuying & Kim, Seongcheol, 2018. "Do telecom carrier takeovers create value? Longitudinal analysis of U.S. telecom carrier takeovers from 1996 to 2005," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 395-408.
    3. Yang, Seung Ho & Nam, Changi & Kim, Seongcheol, 2018. "The effects of M&As within the mobile ecosystem on the rival's shareholder value: The case of Google and Apple," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 15-23.
    4. Hyeongjik Lee & Seongcheol Kim & Changi Nam & Seung Hun Han, 2008. "Earnings Management of Acquiring Firms in Stock-for-Stock Takeovers in the Telecommunications Industry," Journal of Media Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 217-233.
    5. Bel, Germà & Trillas, Francesc, 2005. "Privatization, corporate control and regulatory reform: the case of Telefonica," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 25-51, February.
    6. Lee, Hyeongjik & Seol, Seong-ho & Kweon, Soo Cheon, 2012. "An event study of the first telecommunications spectrum auction in Korea and "the winner's curse"," 23rd European Regional ITS Conference, Vienna 2012 60394, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    7. Hassan, Ibne & Chidlow, Agnieszka & Romero-Martínez, Ana M., 2016. "Selection, valuation and performance assessment: Are these truly inter-linked within the M&A transactions?," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 255-266.
    8. Majumdar, Sumit K. & Yaylacicegi, Ulku & Moussawi, Rabih, 2012. "Mergers and synergy: Lessons from contemporary telecommunications history," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 140-154.

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