Three essays on mergers and acquisitions : deal initiation and insider trading

The thesis is composed of three essays on mergers and acquisitions: deal initiation and insider trading. Specifically, it tries to figure out the reasons and managers’ motivation concerning M&A deal initiation as well as analyze insiders’ trades in target and acquiring firms both before and after t...

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Main Author: Xia, Chunling
Published: University of Warwick 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682971