Funke, Christian
[Verfasser:in]
;
Gebken, Timo
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Johanning, Lutz
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Michel, Gaston
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Predictability of Industry Returns After M&A Announcements
Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 2006 erstellt
Beschreibung:
This paper documents a strong and prevalent drift in long-term industry returns after Mamp;A announcements. Specifically, industries that experience positive average announcement reactions continue to do well in the future, while industries that experience negative average announcement reactions continue to do poorly. Industry Mamp;A investment strategies, which buy positively reacting industries and sell negatively reacting industries, appear profitable even after controlling for size and book-to-market effects in returns. Profitability has strengthened over time and seems to exist also for the largest stocks. The evidence suggests that capital markets underreact to the industry-wide information provided by merger announcements