Event Study in the Evaluation of Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions

• Authors: Agnieszka Perepeczo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the essence of the methodology of event study used in developed markets to evaluate post-acquisition performance based on the market data. In particular, the paper discusses the issues of abnormal returns and expected return models, presenting also selected examples of post-acquisition performance in developed markets. At the end, the author has addressed the issue of contemporary tendencies in the event study methodology.

Keywords

EN

event study; abnormal returns; mergers and acquisitions

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 107-122

Dates

published

2007-01-01

online

2008-03-12

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Perepeczo

• Financial Management Department Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10031-007-0007-2