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

• Main Authors: Ng, Mark Seng Lee., Huang, Meiizhuo., Lim, Dennis Xiuxian.
• Other Authors: Tham Tze Minn
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Mergers and acquisitions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44098
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...