New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

Journal of Economic Perspectives - Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 103-120 - 2001
Gregor Andrade1, Mark L. Mitchell1, Erik Stafford1
1Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Tóm tắt

As in previous decades, merger activity clusters by industry during the 1990s. One particular kind of industry shock, deregulation, becomes a dominant factor, accountings for nearly half of the merger activity since the late 1980s. In contrast to the 1980s, mergers in the 1990s are mostly stock swaps, and hostile takeovers virtually disappear. Over our 1973 to 1998 sample period, the announcement-period stock market response to mergers is positive for the combined merging parties, suggesting that mergers create value on behalf of shareholders. Consistent with that, we find evidence of improved operating performance following mergers, relative to industry peers.

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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Tập 15 Số 2

103-120

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