Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Study of European Transactions during the Fifth Wave
Huyghebaert, Nancy Luypaert, Mathieu
Huyghebaert, Nancy
Luypaert, Mathieu
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2009
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Bank- en Financiewezen
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73
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308
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316
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This paper empirically investigates shareholder wealth effects surrounding the announcement of mergers and acquisitions between listed companies in the European Union during 1997-2006. The results show that target investors earn a statistically significant positive abnormal return of 16.82% during the event window from 50 days before until 50 days after the announcement date, while bidder shareholders on average realize an insignificant 0.16%. The ensuing combined shareholder wealth effect equals 2.40% and is significantly different from zero. We also show that the correlation between target and bidder CARs is significantly negative in Continental Europe. We further find that all-cash offers result in significantly lower bidder abnormal returns. Target investors gain more in cross-border than in domestic M&As. Finally, target abnormal returns are significantly higher in UK transactions,while M&A shareholder value effects seem to be larger for Continental European bidders.
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Mergers & Acquisitions