Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This paper analyzes the relationship between the merger announcement returns and the bidding firms' preparations for mergers. In this study, merger preparations are defined as bidding firms' adaptive actions of changing their executives prior to mergers. An analysis of the relative effectiveness of merger preparations is conducted through event study for univariate tests. In addition, a regression for multivariate tests analyzes incentives for making merger preparations. The results of these studies indicate that (1) hiring of new executives from outside the target proves to be the most effective merger preparation, (2) firms who make merger preparations have higher returns, and (3) hiring of new executives from the targets proves to have negative effects on bidding firms' returns, though this can vary based on the relative size of the target.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Economics, PhD
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Politics and Economics
- Year dc:date.available
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lee, Sang-Hyun
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Thomas Borcherding
- Stephen V. Marks
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/65
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1067