Large Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions

We examine completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals with large acquirer shareholder dollar wealth gains at announcement. We find that large-gain acquisitions are: 1) typically “bolt-on” deals that are small relative to the acquirer's size, 2) transaction-specific events (not firm- or...

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Main Authors: Fich, E.M (Author), Nguyen, T. (Author), Officer, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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