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Top-tier advisors and the market feedback dynamics in cross-border M&As
Samer Adra,
Malika Hamadi,
Jiayi Yuan
International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume: 86, Start page: 102495
Swansea University Author: Jiayi Yuan
DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102495
Abstract
We provide evidence that the presence of top-tier advisors increases managers' propensity to withdraw from cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBAs) with poor market returns around the announcement. This effect is stronger for private target acquisitions, in which information asymmetry is ex...
| Published in: | International Review of Financial Analysis |
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| ISSN: | 1057-5219 |
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Elsevier BV
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62932 |
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| Abstract: |
We provide evidence that the presence of top-tier advisors increases managers' propensity to withdraw from cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBAs) with poor market returns around the announcement. This effect is stronger for private target acquisitions, in which information asymmetry is expected to be more pronounced, and smaller bidders, who are likely to lack the expertise required to process information themselves. This suggests that managers assisted by reputable investment banks consider negative market feedback in informationally challenging deals. Our results are robust to several endogeneity tests. We provide novel inferences about the informative role of stock markets in shaping advisory roles in respect of M&As. |
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| Keywords: |
Top-tier advisors; Market feedback; Cross-border mergers and acquisitions; Deal cancellation |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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102495 |