Date of Award

2012

Degree Type

Open Access Dissertation

Degree Name

Economics, PhD

Program

School of Politics and Economics

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

Darren Filson

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

Thomas Borcherding

Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member

Stephen V. Marks

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© 2012 Sang-Hyun Lee

Keywords

Merger, Merger Announcement Returns, Merger Preparation

Subject Categories

Economics

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.5642/cguetd/65

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