Private and Public Merger Waves

We document that public firms participate more than private firms as buyers and sellers of assets in merger waves and their participation is affected more by credit spreads and aggregate market valuation. Public firm acquisitions realize higher gains in productivity, particularly for on‐the‐wave acquisitions and when the acquirer's stock is liquid and highly valued. Our results are not driven solely by public firms' better access to capital. Using productivity data from early in the firm's life, we find that better private firms subsequently select to become public. Initial size and productivity predict asset purchases and sales 10 and more years later.     

Market Valuation and Merger Waves

Does valuation affect mergers? Data suggest that periods of stock merger activity are correlated with high market valuations. The naïve explanation that overvalued bidders wish to use stock is incomplete because targets should not be eager to accept stock. However, we show that potential market value deviations from fundamental values on both sides of the transaction can rationally lead to a correlation between stock merger activity and market valuation. Merger waves and waves of cash and stock purchases can be rationally driven by periods of over‐ and undervaluation of the stock market. Thus, valuation fundamentally impacts mergers.     

The Importance of Industry and Country Effects in the EMU Equity Markets

Most empirical studies find that country effects are larger than industry effects in stock returns, although industry effects have gained in importance recently. Our results support the dominance of country effects relative to industry and common effects in the EMU equity markets in the 1975–2001 period. However, there is an increasing importance of industry effect relative to country effect in the 1990s. In fact, industry effects is similar in magnitude to country effect in the post‐euro period. The evolution of the ratio of country to industry effect is explained by the decrease in the cross‐sectional variance of interest rate movements across EMU countries. Thus, there is evidence that nominal convergence has reduced the differences between national equity markets.     

戴姆勒-克莱斯勒的"完美结合"伤痕累累

1998年,德国奔驰公司收购了美国克莱斯勒公司,这一曾被《财富》杂志誉为“完美结合”的并购却屡屡遭到质疑,产品质量问题一宗接着一宗,公司利润不断缩水。 尽管现在给戴姆勒-奔驰与克菜斯勒的合并下个“完全失败”的结论为时尚早,但投资人显然已经有些不耐烦了。施伦普希望靠梅赛德斯-奔驰给自己找回面子,以挽救这桩一度风光的联姻     

The Spinoff and Merger Ex-Date Effects

This article shows that some of the wealth gains from financial decisions involving changes in security form occur on predictable ex dates. For a sample of 113 spinoffs during 1964 to 90, we document an average excess return of 3.0 percent on ex dates, roughly the same magnitude as the average announcement-date return. We conjecture that the spinoff ex-date return arises because the parent and subsidiary stocks attract different investors who prefer to buy the separated shares after the ex date. We also document that, on average, the target shareholders in stock-for-stock mergers earn an excess return of 1.5 percent on merger ex dates.     

企业并购理论综述

对于企业并购的研究,现有文献主要集中在三个方面:一是从企业个体角度和宏观角度来研究企业并购动因;二是运用博弈论模型以及运用实物期权模型来分析企业并购过程,对企业并购的研究最新进展主要体现在这个研究领域;三是运用事件研究法和会计指标研究法来研究并购绩效。国有大股东和管理者在并购过程中所起的作用,以及在实物期权和博弈论的框架下研究新一轮战略并购浪潮,构成未来的研究方向。     

The Development of Accountancy Links in the Commonwealth

This paper has been produced as part of a larger study financed by the Social Science Research Council on the nature and significance of professional links in the Commonwealth.     

在金融开放中维护农业产业化安全

中国的农业问题一直是影响中国发展的大问题。在金融开放条件下,我国起步不久的农业产业化将面临诸多挑战。认清金融开放条件下中国农业产业形式,发现潜在困难和阻碍,是我国落实“三农”政策、构建和谐社会的关键所在。通过对农业产业特点和金融开放情况的分析,找出“金融开放对一体化经营的冲击”等四方面的问题。     

中国企业兼并特质分析

本文梳理了中国企业兼并的历史,归纳了不同历史背景下的企业兼并特点。主要从产权、资本市场和目前中国企业在世界兼并中所处的地位等角度对中国企业的特质进行了归纳和分析,指出了我国企业兼并存在的一些问题,并就中国企业兼并模式提出了三点建议。     

我国证券市场中的换股合并

现金方式合并过程中，通常有“以大吃小”的特征，换股合并则可以一定程度上摆脱合并中资金规模的限制，所以它通常适用于大规模层次上的强强合作。     

汇丰集团并购绩效分析及其对中资银行的启示

本文以汇丰集团为例,通过分析其资产规模与经营业绩、股东收益之间的关系来探讨汇丰集团的并购绩效。实证研究表明,汇丰集团并购行为与集团经营业绩、股东收益之间存在长期稳定关系,并购对提升集团经营业绩、增加股东收益具有统计意义上的因果关系,并购可以在较短时间内提升集团经营业绩,并购在增加股东收益方面具有一定的滞后效应。汇丰集团并购成功带给中资银行的启示主要有四点:一要注重集团资本运作,二要借助资本市场,三要注重客户基础的相似性,四要具备先进的经营理念。     

企业应税并购重组与免税并购重组的税收筹划比较

企业并购是企业资产重组的一种形式,是兼并与收购的简称,在国际上通常被称为Mergers&Acquisitions(M&A)。它是企业重要的资本运营方式,企业可以通过并购进行战略重组,发挥经营、管理、财务上的协同作用,使企业取得更大的竞争优势,从而实现企业的战略目标。作为企业并购策划中的重要     

The Impact of Go‐Shop Provisions in Merger Agreements

We examine whether go‐shop provisions in merger agreements are used to benefit target shareholders or for agency/entrenchment reasons. We find that go‐shop provisions are more likely in deals involving the negotiation selling method, financial buyers and all cash financing, and in targets with less valuation uncertainty. We confirm that go‐shops have a positive association with the initial offer premium. Results suggest that deals with go‐shop provisions are more likely to have a competing bid and an upward revision of the initial offer premium. Collectively, our results indicate that go‐shops are effective contractual devices used to further target shareholder interests.     

企业并购过程中的税收筹划

自上个世纪80年代中期以来，特别是进入90年代后，随着全球经济一体化趋势的日益明朗化，世界各国企业并购(Merger & Acquisition)的浪潮一浪高过一浪。作为迅速扩大市场份额、形成规模效应、节约经营成本、优化资本构成的一个有效手段，并购日益受到跨国公司的青睐。应当注意的是，……     

会计师事务所合并进程的回顾与展望

为了适应市场经济的发展和加入WTO后会计市场的进一步开放,近年来会计师事务所不断通过合并、设立分所等方式扩大规模,以增强事务所的竞争力.但许多事务所在合并过程中屡遭挫折,遇到这样那样的问题.本文拟对此进行一些回顾与展望,从中探求解决问题的有效办法.     

整合经理在并购整合中的角色和职责

从并购频繁发生的西方国家的整合工作实践来看，一人新的管理职位－ 整合经理正在应运而生。目前，在欧美国家整合经理已成为整合工作的核心人物，在并购中发挥着举足重的作用。本将对整合经理的存在需要、角色定位、选拔标准、职责规划等问题进行分析，力图色勒出其在企业并购中的地位和活动情况，为我国企业并购活动提供一点可资借鉴的信息。     

论国际竞争网络对跨国并购的控制

为了达到跨国并购治理的目的,国际竞争网络代表了设计非正式的全球制度安排的尝试,这种尝试是向一致性和多样性挑战所做出的回应.由于国际竞争网络对复杂的制度安排和相应的治理概念缺乏科学的认识,同时在一致性和多样性的融合方面缺乏必要的手段,所以从国际竞争网络到国际并购控制制度的建立有相当长的路要走.     

The Value of Diversification During the Conglomerate Merger Wave

The current trend toward corporate focus reverses the diversification trend of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article examines the value of diversification when many corporations started to diversify. I find no evidence that diversified companies were valued at a premium over single segment firms during the 1960s and 1970s. On the contrary, there was a large diversification discount during the 1960s, but this discount declined to zero during the 1970s. Insider ownership was negatively related to diversification during the 1960s, but when the diversification discount declined, firms with high insider ownership were the first to diversify.