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Performance commitment in acquisitions, regulatory change and market crash risk–evidence from China

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  • Song, Di
  • Su, Jun
  • Yang, Chao
  • Shen, Na

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We find that performance commitment provisions in Chinese acquisitions show positive economic outcomes measured by improved abnormal returns and lower market crash risk using hand-collected data. We further illustrate that the positive effects of performance commitment contracts are alleviated when TMTs have a high level of self-interests. We also investigate that, regulatory adjustments actually worsen the positive effect of performance commitment in acquisitions. The fact shows the short-termism effect of Chinese capital market imposed by the regulatory changing risk. Our study complements the earnout literature and show distinctive Chinese characteristics.

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  • Song, Di & Su, Jun & Yang, Chao & Shen, Na, 2019. "Performance commitment in acquisitions, regulatory change and market crash risk–evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 57(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:57:y:2019:i:c:s0927538x18302324
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2018.08.006
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