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Project

Analysis and evaluation of the impact of distressed mergers and acquisitions
Code
178EB0111
Duration
01 October 2010 → 05 January 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Applied economics
    • Business administration and accounting
    • Economic history
    • Macroeconomics and monetary economics
    • Management
    • Microeconomics
    • Tourism
Keywords
risk-return profile financial distress rivals M&A
 
Project description

While empirical evidence on M&A is abundant, surprisingly little is known about ‘distress-related’ M&A in comparison to knowledge about healthy firms. This research takes an initial step towards closing the gap by investigating the impact of distressed M&A on acquirer risk and rival firms as well as the impact of M&A by distressed firms.