Do managers keep their word? The disclosure of merger intention at pre-merger issuance and M&A performance

This paper investigates whether disclosing merger intention at the announcement of equity/debt issuance has an impact on subsequent M&A transactions. We find that companies tend to issue higher proceeds when they reveal their merger intentions, and, subsequently, they are more likely to complete...

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Main Authors: Jie Michael Guo, Lu Li, Nan Hu, Xing Wang
Format: Default Article
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24115536.v1
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