Mergers and acquisitions : its relationship with shareholders' wealth and economic variables

• Main Authors: Low, Moon Heng, Oh, Thian Koon, Quek, Tyy Yn
• Other Authors: Marina Lee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59607
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this research is 1) to determine whether shareholders of both the acquiring firms and the target firms benefit from takeovers, 2) to determine whether synergistic effects are dependent on the types of takeovers and 3) to analyze the influence of two economic indicators: stock index pr...