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Expert Advice: Industry Expertise of M&A Advisors and Acquirer Shareholder Returns

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  • Wang, Cong
  • Xie, Fei
  • Zhang, Kuo

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We find that acquirers create higher shareholder returns when advised by investment banks with more experience in the target industry. This finding is stronger when acquirers face more difficulties understanding and evaluating the targets. Further analyses show that these banks help acquirers avoid overpaying for targets and thus capture more of the deal synergy rather than making deals generating higher synergy. Our results are robust to controlling for an exhaustive set of determinants of acquirer returns and an identification strategy that exploits exogenous shocks to the supply of investment banks with target-industry experience.

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  • Wang, Cong & Xie, Fei & Zhang, Kuo, 2022. "Expert Advice: Industry Expertise of M&A Advisors and Acquirer Shareholder Returns," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 57(2), pages 599-628, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:57:y:2022:i:2:p:599-628_7
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