Applied Mergers and Acquisitions. Robert F. Bruner

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of firms that neither made acquisitions nor were acquired during the observation period. Consistent with Meeks’ finding, Mueller’s work finds that acquirers are significantly larger than targets, acquirers have been growing faster than their peers and than their targets, and are more highly leveraged than targets and peers. Regarding profitability, acquirers show no significant differences—the specific data for the United States are generally representative of the findings across many nations. Exhibit 3.10 on page 53 gives an excerpt of these findings.

Study Cumulative Abnormal Returns Sample Size Sample Period Event Window (Days) % Positive Returns Notes
Halpern (1973) +$27.35 MM 77 1950–1965 (–140,0) N/A Mergers.
Langetieg (1978) 0% 149 1929–1969 (0,60) 46% Mergers; uses effective date as event baseline.
Firth (1980) –£36.6 MM 434 1969–1975 (–20,0) N/A U.K. acquisitions.
Bradley, Desai, Kim (1982) +$17 MM 162 1962–1980 (–20,5) N/A Tender offers; referenced through Jensen, Ruback (1983).
Bradley, Desai, Kim (1983) +$33.9 MM 161 1963–1980 (–20,5) N/A Referenced through Weidenbaum, Vogt (1987).
Malatesta (1983) 30 1969–1974 (–20,20) N/A Mergers.
Varaiya (1985) +$60.7 MM N/A N/A (–60,60) N/A Referenced through Weidenbaum, Vogt (1987).
Bradley, Desai, Kim (1988) +$117 MM (7.43%)* 236 1963–1984 (–5,5) 75% Tender offers only; subperiod data available for 7/63–6/68, 7/68–12/80, 1/81–12/84; combined returns have not changed significantly over time.
Lang, Stulz, Walkling (1989) +11.3%* 87 1968–1986 (–5,5) N/A Tender offers only.
Franks, Harris, Titman (1991) +3.9%* 399 1975–1984 (–5,5) N/A Mergers and tender offers.
Servaes (1991) +3.66%* 384 1972–1987 (–1,close) N/A Mergers and tender offers.
Bannerjee, Owers (1992) +$9.95MM 33 1978–1987 (–1,0) N/A White knight bids.
Healy, Palepu, Ruback (1992) +9.1%* 50 1979–1984 (–5,5) N/A Largest U.S. mergers during period.
Kaplan, Weisbach (1992) +3.74%* 209 1971–1982 (–5,5) 66% Mergers and tender offers.
Berkovitch, Narayanan (1993) +$120 MM* 330 1963–1988 (–5,5) 75% Tender offers only.
Smith, Kim (1994) +8.88%* +3.79%* 177 1980–1986 (–5,5) (–1,0) 79.1% 73.8% Tender offers only.
Leeth, Borg (2000) +$86 MM 53 1919–1930 (–40,0) 56.6% In 1998 dollars.
Mulherin (2000) +2.53%*

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