Essays about: "event"

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  1. 1. Determinants of Bidders' Abnormal Returns in Technology Mergers and Acquisitions

    University essay from

    Author : Filip Dahlfors; Stefan Padjen; [2019-07-08]
    Keywords : Event Study; Technology Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Shareholder Value;

    Abstract : We study 314 mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of European and American technologyfirms between 2004 and 2018. Using the standard event study methodology,this paper analyzes the abnormal returns of bidders in the event window around theM&A announcement date to investigate whether or not technology M&As createvalue. READ MORE

  3. 2. Industry dependent performance of initial public oerings

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mikael Högberg; Qi Li; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : IPO; event study; performance; CAR; CAR; buy-and-hold;

    Abstract : MSc in Finance.... READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impact of Ownership Concentration on M&A Stock Market Performance: A Study of Acquiring Swedish Public Companies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Borg; Gustav Zimmerman; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : Ownership concentration; dual-class shares; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; agency cost;

    Abstract : MSc in Finance.... READ MORE

  5. 4. Perceiving Terrorism: A survey experiment about how Swedish students define terrorism based on the perpetrator’s ethnicity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Niklas von Mentzer Marcev; [2019-02-20]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze how students perceive the concept of terrorism based on the ethnicity ascribed to the perpetrator. Studies conducted in the US have shown that the public defines political violence differently depending on the language used to describe the event, white perpetrators are more often called mass shooters while perpetrators of other ethnicities are more frequently called terrorists. READ MORE

  6. 5. Economic Implications of the Payment Services Directive 2: Empirical Evidence from the Capital Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maxim Mokhonko; Kushtrim Sylejmani; [2019-02-01]
    Keywords : event study; Payment Service Directive 2; PSD 2; regulation;

    Abstract : This study is the first, to our knowledge, to analyze the effect of the Payment Services Directive 2 onthe European banks’ stock returns. The financial market data is analyzed using the event studymethodology. Our findings show that the PSD 2 has had a statistically significant positive impact onthe stock returns of the European banks. READ MORE