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The determinants of merger arbitrage return: an impirical analysis in the UK context

Nguyen, Dzung V. (Cranfield University, 2009-01)

This thesis explores the magnitude and the determinants of the return to the merger arbitrage strategy in the UK context. We perform empirical analysis of the three hypotheses namely the risk-based hypothesis, the limited ...
Does shareholder activism help or hinder shareholder value enhancement? : empirical evidence from the UK

Broadhurst, Timothy (Cranfield University, 2009-02)

Shareholder activism has increasingly become a widespread value enhancement strategy for institutional investors in the UK. However, thus far only one paper has reported a clinical study to analyse its impact on target ...
Executive compensation and takeovers : impact of CEO's psychological and biological characteristics on risk-taking and performance

Huang, J (Cranfield University, 2007-10)

This thesis explores the issues surrounding the relation between executive compensation and corporate acquisitions. Based on a sample of 2527 acquisitions in the US from 1993 to 2004, I find that equity-based compensation ...
Impact of US Derivatives Accounting Policy (SFAS 133) on Income Smoothing Choices and Disclosure of Derivatives Related Information

Papa, Vincent (Cranfield University, 2010-01)

This study is on the effects of United States (US) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards number 133 (SFAS 133), Accounting for Derivatives Instruments and Hedging Activities, which was introduced in 2001. The first ...
Managerial wealth, behavioural biases and corporate monitoring : impact on managerial risk taking and value creation in UK high-tech and low-tech acquisitions

Gao, Lin (Cranfield University, 2005)

While the traditional agency model assumes managerial risk aversion and underinvestment in high-risk opportunities, the behavioural agency model allows for risk seeking by managers leading possibly to over-risky investments. ...
What drives European spinoff value effects? Impact of corporate governance, information asymmetry, and investor irrationality on firm values

Qian, Binsheng (Cranfield University, 2006-11)

The thesis explores the magnitude and determinants of spinoff value effects using robust methodologies and different theoretical perspectives. From a sample of 170 European spinoffs in the period 1987-2005, I find that ...

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