Takeover waves and its driving factors : evidence from Singapore.

• Main Authors: Chan, Yoke Teng., Seng, Sara Ching Yee., Tan, Bi Rong.
• Other Authors: Angie Low An Chee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Mergers and acquisitions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/21219
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, the neoclassical and behavioral theories – two theories widely hypothesized to drive takeover waves in the United States – are studied under the Singapore context. We first document the existence of clustering of takeovers at the industry level during the 2000 to 2008 period. The rate...