Three Essays on Signalling and Price Dynamics in Mergers and Acquisitions

Three Essays on Signalling and Price Dynamics in Mergers and Acquisitions

In this dissertation, I investigate three different issues related to signalling and price dynamics in mergers and acquisitions. The first issue is whether the act of raising capital signals an increase in takeover probability for a forthcoming target. Analysing target returns under event-study meth...

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Main Author: DAVIS, FREDERICK JAMES
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
market efficiency
signalling
anticipation
merger
acquisition
price dynamics
event study
insider trading
premium
takeover
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6645

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