Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.

We examine a sample of 255 domestic acquisitions by publicly listed companies in the United States during the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009. We study two aspects of corporate acquisitions during the crisis environment of 2007 - 2009, namely the probability of deals being successfully completed and...

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Main Authors: Ng, Mark Seng Lee., Huang, Meiizhuo., Lim, Dennis Xiuxian.
Other Authors: Tham Tze Minn
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-440982023-05-19T07:23:11Z Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States. Ng, Mark Seng Lee. Huang, Meiizhuo. Lim, Dennis Xiuxian. Tham Tze Minn Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Mergers and acquisitions We examine a sample of 255 domestic acquisitions by publicly listed companies in the United States during the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009. We study two aspects of corporate acquisitions during the crisis environment of 2007 - 2009, namely the probability of deals being successfully completed and acquirer shareholder returns following deal announcements. For deal success, we find larger acquirers and acquirers which finance acquisitions entirely in cash to have a greater probability of completing the transaction. As for abnormal returns, we find acquirers with greater leverage and acquirers which finance acquisitions entirely in cash to have greater abnormal returns. To our expectation, we also found acquirer size to not be a significant variable in determining abnormal returns. Our findings are also consistent with the debt-monitoring and information asymmetry hypotheses established in earlier theoretical literature. BUSINESS 2011-05-26T00:46:16Z 2011-05-26T00:46:16Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44098 en Nanyang Technological University 44 p. application/pdf
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Ng, Mark Seng Lee.
Huang, Meiizhuo.
Lim, Dennis Xiuxian.
Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
description We examine a sample of 255 domestic acquisitions by publicly listed companies in the United States during the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009. We study two aspects of corporate acquisitions during the crisis environment of 2007 - 2009, namely the probability of deals being successfully completed and acquirer shareholder returns following deal announcements. For deal success, we find larger acquirers and acquirers which finance acquisitions entirely in cash to have a greater probability of completing the transaction. As for abnormal returns, we find acquirers with greater leverage and acquirers which finance acquisitions entirely in cash to have greater abnormal returns. To our expectation, we also found acquirer size to not be a significant variable in determining abnormal returns. Our findings are also consistent with the debt-monitoring and information asymmetry hypotheses established in earlier theoretical literature.
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Ng, Mark Seng Lee.
Huang, Meiizhuo.
Lim, Dennis Xiuxian.
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author Ng, Mark Seng Lee.
Huang, Meiizhuo.
Lim, Dennis Xiuxian.
author_sort Ng, Mark Seng Lee.
title Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
title_short Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
title_full Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
title_fullStr Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
title_full_unstemmed Effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the United States.
title_sort effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis on mergers and acquisitions in the united states.
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