Essays about: "M A wealth effects"
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1. COVID-19's Impact on the European M&A Environment: A study about acquirers' short-term performance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to examine how the short-term performance of European acquirers, following M&A announcements, has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, this study also aims to examine how diversifying M&As have been affected, and whether acquirers’ firm value demonstrated a positive relationship with CARs during the pandemic. READ MORE
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2. What are we protecting? - A study of the Swedish regulation of deal protection arrangements
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The thesis evaluates and examines the effects of the Swedish regulation of deal protection arrangements by looking to the impact of the provision on the Swedish capital market and target shareholders. The foundations of the Swedish takeover regulation are examined by presenting and arguing the relevant provisions in, and relationship between, stock exchange law, corporate law and EU law. READ MORE
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3. Asymmetric Wealth Effects on Consumption: A Threshold Cointegration Approach on Swedish Households
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Recognising the macroeconomic importance of private consumption, this thesis aims at examining possible forces that drive changes the level of households’ consumption. I do so by analysing the relationship of housing wealth, financial wealth, and consumption of households in Sweden in the short and long run. READ MORE
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4. Too Big to Marry - A Quantitative Study of M&A Transactions Cancelled Due to Antitrust Authority's Veto in the United States and Europe
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This study examines M&A transactions that have been terminated either due to strong antitrust scrutiny or an outright veto. In particular, the examination uses an event study method on the stock prices of involved companies as well as a difference-in-difference (DID) analysis on financial KPIs to determine the consequences of this event for the companies, their management as well as shareholders, with a sample of 91 terminated transactions and 136 companies distributed across the last twenty years. READ MORE
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5. Buying to be bought out: An empirical study of shareholder activists chasing superior returns by guiding their targeted companies into being acquired in an M&A transaction
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In our thesis we examine the shareholder activism strategy with a focus on attempting to gain superior returns by guiding the companies towards a sale. We specifically look at the wealth creation effect at companies that are targeted by activists, using the event study method and try to tie the abnormal returns of their involvement to the level of premia offered in a later buyout with a simple OLS regression. READ MORE
