Stock liquidity, firm size and return persistence around mergers and acquisitions announcement

The paper examines market liquidity and size of 396 US firms engaged in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The announcement-period returns are estimated using Carhart’s four-factor model and estimated using two regression specifications. The results suggest that the return continuation depends...

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Main Author: Justice Kyei-Mensah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2019-05-01
Series:Investment Management & Financial Innovations
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Online Access:https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/11983/IMFI_2019_02_Kyei-Mensah.pdf