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Merger proposals, management discretion and stockholder wealth

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  1. Houda Ben Mhenni Haj Youssef & Lassad El Moubarki & Olfa Benouda Sioud, 2010. "Can diversification degree amplify momentum and contrarian anomalies?," Review of Accounting and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(1), pages 50-64, February.
  2. Malmendier, Ulrike & Tate, Geoffrey, 2008. "Who makes acquisitions? CEO overconfidence and the market's reaction," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(1), pages 20-43, July.
  3. Cole, Rebel & Fatemi, Ali & Vu, Joseph, 2006. "Do mergers create or destroy value? Evidence from unsuccessful mergers," MPRA Paper 4717, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  4. Shelton, Lois M., 2000. "Merger market dynamics: insights into the behavior of target and bidder firms," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 363-383, April.
  5. Yang Zhang, 2018. "Corporate Governance Effects on Risk Management and Shareholder Wealth: The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions," PhD Thesis, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, number 4-2018.
  6. Stefan Feuerriegel & Nicolas Prollochs, 2018. "Investor Reaction to Financial Disclosures Across Topics: An Application of Latent Dirichlet Allocation," Papers 1805.03308, arXiv.org.
  7. Leszek Czerwonka, 2011. "Announcement Of The Exchange Ratio Of The Merging Companies - Impact On The Acquiring Firms "," Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi - Stiinte Economice (1954-2015), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 58, pages 83-90, november.
  8. Moshfique Uddin & Agyenim Boateng, 2009. "An analysis of short‐run performance of cross‐border mergers and acquisitions," Review of Accounting and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 8(4), pages 431-453, October.
  9. Willard McIntosh & Dennis T. Officer & Jeffrey A. Born, 1989. "The Wealth Effects of Merger Activities: Further Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 4(3), pages 141-156.
  10. Yankuo Qiao, 2022. "Internal governance and corporate acquisition activities," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 12(2), pages 373-408, June.
  11. Robert Jennings, 1994. "Intraday Changes In Target Firms' Share Price And Bid-Ask Quotes Around Takeover Announcements," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 17(2), pages 255-270, June.
  12. Hossain, Mohammed Sawkat, 2021. "Merger & Acquisitions (M&As) as an important strategic vehicle in business: Thematic areas, research avenues & possible suggestions," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
  13. Marianne Bertrand & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2003. "Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 111(5), pages 1043-1075, October.
  14. Daniel Hosken & John David Simpson, 2001. "Have Supermarket Mergers Raised Prices? An Event Study Analysis," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(3), pages 329-342.
  15. Anand S. Desai & Roger D. Stover, 1985. "Bank Holding Company Acquisitions, Stockholder Returns, And Regulatory Uncertainty," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 8(2), pages 145-156, June.
  16. Chatterjee, Sris & Dhillon, Upinder S. & Ramirez, Gabriel G., 1995. "Coercive tender and exchange offers in distressed high-yield debt restructurings An empirical analysis," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 333-360, July.
  17. Erik E. Lehmann & Manuel T. Schwerdtfeger, 2016. "Evaluation of IPO-firm takeovers: an event study," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 921-938, December.
  18. Hankir, Yassin & Rauch, Christian & Umber, Marc P., 2011. "Bank M&A: A market power story?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 35(9), pages 2341-2354, September.
  19. Chris Ratcliffe & Bill Dimovski & Monica Keneley, 2017. "The Performance of REIT Acquirers in the Post-Merger Period," ERES eres2017_43, European Real Estate Society (ERES).
  20. Mohamed-Larbi Aribou, 2017. "Fusions-acquisitions et création de valeur : Bilan des recherches et perspectives d'évolution," Post-Print hal-01468250, HAL.
  21. Patrick Sentis, 2009. "Merging Activity as a Rational Explanation for the Long-Run Underperformance of IPO," Multinational Finance Journal, Multinational Finance Journal, vol. 13(1-2), pages 75-102, March-Jun.
  22. Malmendier, Ulrike & Opp, Marcus M. & Saidi, Farzad, 2016. "Target revaluation after failed takeover attempts: Cash versus stock," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(1), pages 92-106.
  23. Sundaram, Anant K. & John, Teresa A. & John, Kose, 1996. "An empirical analysis of strategic competition and firm values The case of R&D competition," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(3), pages 459-486, March.
  24. Clements, Marcus & Singh, Harminder, 2011. "An analysis of trading in target stocks before successful takeover announcements," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 1-17, February.
  25. Cheng, Louis T.W. & Leung, T.Y., 2004. "A comparative analysis of the market-based and accounting-based performance of diversifying and non-diversifying acquisitions in Hong Kong," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(6), pages 763-789, December.
  26. Martynova, M. & Renneboog, L.D.R., 2005. "Takeover Waves : Triggers, Performance and Motives," Discussion Paper 2005-029, Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economic Center.
  27. Rosengren, Eric S & Meehan, James W, Jr, 1994. "Empirical Evidence on Vertical Foreclosure," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 32(2), pages 303-317, April.
  28. Gurmeet Bhabra, 2008. "Potential targets: An analysis of stock price reactions to acquisition program announcements," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 32(2), pages 158-175, April.
  29. Chiuling Lu & Tzujui Mao & Yang-pin Shen, 2015. "Beyond friendly acquisitions: the case of REITs," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 139-159, January.
  30. Earl Shinn, 1999. "Returns to acquiring firms: The role of managerial ownership, managerial wealth, and outside owners," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 23(1), pages 78-89, March.
  31. Schwert, G. William, 1996. "Markup pricing in mergers and acquisitions," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 153-192, June.
  32. Hutson, Elaine, 2000. "Takeover targets and the probability of bid success: Evidence from the Australian market," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 45-65, February.
  33. Krishnan Maheswaran & Sean Pinder, 2005. "Australian evidence on the determinants and impact of takeover resistance," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 45(4), pages 613-633, December.
  34. Bhabra, Harjeet S. & Huang, Jiayin, 2013. "An empirical investigation of mergers and acquisitions by Chinese listed companies, 1997–2007," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 186-207.
  35. Dosoung Choi & George C. Philippatos, 1983. "An Examination Of Merger Synergism," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 6(3), pages 239-256, September.
  36. Karyn L. Neuhauser & Wallace N. Davidson & John L. Glascock, 2011. "An analysis of failed takeover attempts and merger cancellations," International Journal of Managerial Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(4), pages 347-376, September.
  37. Abhirup Chakrabarti & Will Mitchell, 2016. "The role of geographic distance in completing related acquisitions: Evidence from U.S. chemical manufacturers," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 673-694, April.
  38. Ferreira, Manuel Portugal & Santos, João Carvalho & de Almeida, Martinho Isnard Ribeiro & Reis, Nuno Rosa, 2014. "Mergers & acquisitions research: A bibliometric study of top strategy and international business journals, 1980–2010," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(12), pages 2550-2558.
  39. Mufaddal Baxamusa & Dobrina Georgieva, 2015. "Two-step acquisitions and liquidity spread," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 39(2), pages 262-287, April.
  40. Jacobsen, Stacey, 2014. "The death of the deal: Are withdrawn acquisition deals informative of CEO quality?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(1), pages 54-83.
  41. Neelam Rani & Surendra S Yadav & P.K. Jain, 2015. "Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholders’ Wealth in the Short Run: An Event Study Approach," Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, , vol. 40(3), pages 293-312, September.
  42. Patricia Charlety-Lepers, 1990. "Les offres publiques d'achat et d'échange. Une synthèse de la littérature," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 41(5), pages 869-894.
  43. Abdourahmane Diaw, 2011. "The effect of mergers and acquisitions on shareholder wealth: the case of European banks [L'effet des fusions et acquisitions sur la richesse des actionnaires: le cas des banques européennes]," Post-Print hal-01184673, HAL.
  44. Stanislava Todorova, 2016. "Transformation of commercial companies: global and national aspects," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 6, pages 75-96.
  45. Yang, Jin Young & Segara, Reuben, 2020. "Foreign investors’ trading behaviors around merger and acquisition announcements: Evidence from Korea," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).
  46. Richard S. Ruback, 1988. "Do Target Shareholders Lose in Unsuccessful Control Contests?," NBER Chapters, in: Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences, pages 137-156, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  47. Hillier, David & Marshall, Andrew P., 1998. "A model of complex equity funding for contingent acquisitions - a case study of non-interest bearing convertible unsecured loan stock," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 133-152, June.
  48. Michael J. Fishman, 1986. "Preemptive Bidding and the Role of the Medium of Exchange in Acquisitions," Discussion Papers 688, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  49. Firth, Michael, 1997. "Takeovers in New Zealand: Motives, stockholder returns, and executive share ownership," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 5(4), pages 419-440, September.
  50. Mei, Bin & Sun, Changyou, 2008. "Event analysis of the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the financial performance of the U.S. forest products industry," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(5), pages 286-294, April.
  51. Kiesel, Florian & Ries, Jörg M. & Tielmann, Artur, 2017. "Reprint of “The impact of mergers and acquisitions on shareholders' wealth in the logistics service industry”," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 261-277.
  52. Jorg Bley & Jeff Madura, 2003. "Intra-industry and inter-country effects of European mergers," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 27(3), pages 373-395, September.
  53. Etienne Redor, 2016. "Board attributes and shareholder wealth in mergers and acquisitions: a survey of the literature," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 20(4), pages 789-821, December.
  54. Rahaman, Mohammad M., 2014. "Do managerial behaviors trigger firm exit? The case of hyperactive bidders," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 92-110.
  55. Dhillon, Upinder S. & Noe, Thomas & Ramirez, Gabriel G., 2007. "Debtor-in-possession financing and the resolution of uncertainty in Chapter 11 reorganizations," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 3(3), pages 238-260, October.
  56. GALASO, Pablo & SANCHEZ-DIEZ, Angeles, 2020. "Core-Periphery Relations In The International Mergers And Acquisitions Network," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 20(1), pages 23-34.
  57. Iqbal, Zahid & Shetty, Shekar, 1995. "The impact of merger outcome, bid order, payment method and managerial resistance on stock returns to bidders in multiple-bidder merger contests," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 57-67.
  58. Shaojie Lai & Xiaoling Pu & Qing (Sophie) Wang & Jianing Zhang, 2023. "Reference prices and withdrawn acquisitions," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4365-4384, October.
  59. Kanungo, Rama Prasad, 2021. "Uncertainty of M&As under asymmetric estimation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 774-793.
  60. Martynova, Marina & Renneboog, Luc, 2008. "A century of corporate takeovers: What have we learned and where do we stand?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(10), pages 2148-2177, October.
  61. Ayşe Yüce, 2016. "Mergers and Acquisitions by Emerging Country Multinational Companies," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 6(7), pages 416-424, July.
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  63. Datta, Sudip & E. Iskandar-Datta, Mai, 1995. "Corporate partial acquisitions, total firm valuation and the effect of financing method," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 97-115, April.
  64. Patrick Augustin & Menachem Brenner & Marti G. Subrahmanyam, 2019. "Informed Options Trading Prior to Takeover Announcements: Insider Trading?," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(12), pages 5697-5720, December.
  65. Anthony Boardman & Z. Stuart Liu & Marshall Sarnat & Ilan Vertinsky, 1998. "The effectiveness of tightening illegal insider trading regulation: the case of corporate takeovers," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(5), pages 519-531.
  66. Ulrike Malmendier & Enrico Moretti & Florian S Peters, 2018. "Winning by Losing: Evidence on the Long-run Effects of Mergers," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 31(8), pages 3212-3264.
  67. Radha M. Ladkani & Ashok Banerjee, 2018. "Emerging Market Bidder Returns and the Choice of Payment Method in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from India," Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research, vol. 17(3), pages 386-411, December.
  68. Antonios Antoniou & Philippe Arbour & Huainan Zhao, 2008. "How Much Is Too Much: Are Merger Premiums Too High?," European Financial Management, European Financial Management Association, vol. 14(2), pages 268-287, March.
  69. Chatterjee, Sris & Dhillon, Upinder S. & Ramirez, Gabriel G., 2004. "Debtor-in-possession financing," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 28(12), pages 3097-3111, December.
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