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Do mergers and acquisitions announcements create value for acquirer shareholders in Africa

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  • Godfred Amewu
  • Paul Alagidede

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This study provides evidence of positive abnormal returns earned by shareholders of acquirers upon merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements on African markets. We observed significant cumulative abnormal returns for wider windows up to 25 days before and after M&A announcements. Confidentiality about pending merger announcements is poorly held, resulting in significant information leakage occurring up to six trading days. Further, we establish that firm industry, mode of payment, and nature of acquisition significantly influence abnormal returns. Finally, the paper found strong positive effect of firm‐specific factors (firm size and return on equity) on investor's investment decisions following a merger announcement.

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  • Godfred Amewu & Paul Alagidede, 2018. "Do mergers and acquisitions announcements create value for acquirer shareholders in Africa," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 606-627, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ijfiec:v:23:y:2018:i:4:p:606-627
    DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.1639
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    1. Chengyong Yu & Rui Cheng & Cheng Zhang & Huijuan Wang, 2021. "Economic Development, Institutional Quality, and the Scale Effect Puzzle of Cross-Border M&As: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis Model," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(9), pages 2514-2541, July.
    2. Wei Huang & Hong Zhang & Abhinav Goyal & Jason Laws, 2019. "Internal capital market mergers in weak external market environment: An emerging market evidence," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(4), pages 1486-1505, October.
    3. Abdussalam Aljadani & Hassen Toumi, 2019. "Causal effect of mergers and acquisitions on EU bank productivity," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 8(1), pages 1-22, December.
    4. Amewu, Godfred & Alagidede, Paul, 2019. "Mergers and executive compensation changes: Evidence from African markets," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 397-419.
    5. Rexford Attah‐Boakye & Yilmaz Guney & Elvis Hernandez‐Perdomo & Johnathan Mun, 2021. "Why do some merger and acquisitions deals fail? A global perspective," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(3), pages 4734-4776, July.
    6. Yousry Ahmed & Tamer Elshandidy, 2021. "Effect of leverage deviation on choices and outcomes of public versus non‐public acquisitions," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(3), pages 3436-3459, July.
    7. Maria Fotaki & Apostolos Kourtis & Raphael Markellos, 2023. "Human resources turnover as an asset acquisition and divestiture process: Evidence from the U.K. football industry," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(3), pages 2696-2711, July.
    8. Mahesh Dahal & Joy Das, 2022. "Merger and Acquisition Announcement of Indian Banking Sector: A Pre-Post Analysis of Stock Market Reaction," The Review of Finance and Banking, Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti, Romania / Facultatea de Finante, Asigurari, Banci si Burse de Valori / Catedra de Finante, vol. 14(2), pages 89-105, December.
    9. Meijui Sun & Ming-Chang Huang, 2022. "Does CSR reputation mitigate the impact of corporate social irresponsibility?," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 21(2), pages 261-285, April.
    10. Zhengqiang Feng & Siman Xie, 2021. "The DuPont financial indicators and the short‐term market performance of Chinese cross‐border M&As: The moderating role of payment method," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(3), pages 4262-4276, July.

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