Journal article
Assortative matching in merging firms' stock price informativeness
Applied economics, v ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp 1-24
09 Oct 2022
Abstract
Developed upon the assortative matching theory and recent studies that merging firms are matched on diverse firm characteristics and policies, this paper examines whether they also match in stock price informativeness. Our study shows that assortative matching between the acquirer and target firms' stock price informativeness increases the probability of deal initiation. It also increases the likelihood that an M&A transaction is paid with stock and constructed as a negotiated merger. Finally, matched stock price informativeness increases merger wealth effect. This paper expands the application of the assortative matching theory in M&A literature from the perspective that stock price firm-specific information reflects firm fundamentals and policies.
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- Title
- Assortative matching in merging firms' stock price informativeness
- Creators
- Wenjing Ouyang - University of the PacificSamuel Szewczyk - Drexel UniversityThanh Ngo - Department of Finance, College of Business, East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC
- Publication Details
- Applied economics, v ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp 1-24
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Finance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000865348600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85139635527
- Other Identifier
- 991019174751904721
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- Economics