TY - JOUR
T1 - End-of-Day Price Manipulation and M&As
AU - Cumming, Douglas
AU - JI, Shan
AU - Johan, Sofia
AU - Tarsalewska, Monika
N1 - Funding Information
Social Sciences Research Humanities Council of Canada
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Grant Number: 665778
National Science Centre, Poland. Grant Number: 2016/23/P/HS4/04032 POLONEZ
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Based on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from over 45 countries from 2003 to 2014, we show that the presence of end-of-day (EOD) target price manipulation prior to M&As increases the probability of an M&A deal withdrawal, and decreases the premium paid. More detailed exchange trading rules that govern manipulation across countries and over time lower the probability of withdrawal, mitigate the negative impact of EOD manipulation on withdrawal and raise premiums paid. Finally, while there are fewer cases of acquirer price manipulations prior to M&As, the data indicates positive acquirer price manipulation in share M&As and increases the probability of deal withdrawal.
AB - Based on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from over 45 countries from 2003 to 2014, we show that the presence of end-of-day (EOD) target price manipulation prior to M&As increases the probability of an M&A deal withdrawal, and decreases the premium paid. More detailed exchange trading rules that govern manipulation across countries and over time lower the probability of withdrawal, mitigate the negative impact of EOD manipulation on withdrawal and raise premiums paid. Finally, while there are fewer cases of acquirer price manipulations prior to M&As, the data indicates positive acquirer price manipulation in share M&As and increases the probability of deal withdrawal.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.12374
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.12374
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 184
EP - 205
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
SN - 1045-3172
IS - 1
ER -
