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Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Wealth Effects? Evidence from Twenty Emerging Markets

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  • Evren Arık
  • Ali M. Kutan

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This article investigates the response of target firms’ stock returns in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in twenty emerging markets. Employing standard event-study methodology for a sample of 1,648 M&As from 1997 to 2013, we find that announcements of mergers and acquisitions generate a 5.17 percent average abnormal return for target firms’ stocks within a three-day symmetric event window. Furthermore, cross-sectional regressions explaining the variation in abnormal returns indicate that the relative size and the percentage share of the target firm sought, as well as cash-paid M&As, are also positively related to abnormal returns, while M&As in heavily regulated industries, and in which the acquirers are private equity funds, have lower abnormal returns. Finally, abnormal returns have increased in the post-2008 crisis period. We compare our evidence with related studies on developed markets and explain the differences. Implications of findings along with suggestions for further research are discussed.

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  • Evren Arık & Ali M. Kutan, 2015. "Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Wealth Effects? Evidence from Twenty Emerging Markets," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(6), pages 529-550, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:eaeuec:v:53:y:2015:i:6:p:529-550
    DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2015.1099445
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    1. Song, Sangcheol & Zeng, Yuping & Zhou, Bing, 2021. "Information asymmetry, cross-listing, and post-M&A performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 447-457.
    2. Luis Fernando Melo-Velandia & Camilo Andrés Orozco-Vanegas & Daniel Parra-Amado, 2022. "Ofertas Públicas de Adquisición y su efecto sobre las rentabilidades en el mercado accionario: El caso de NUTRESA y SURA en Colombia," Borradores de Economia 1195, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    3. Vanwalleghem, Dieter & Yildirim, Canan & Mukanya, Anthony, 2020. "Leveraging local knowledge or global advantage: Cross border bank mergers and acquisitions in Africa," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(C).

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