Target's organisational form and returns to Australian bidders in cross‐border acquisitions |
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Authors: | Sisira R N Colombage Abeyratna Gunasekarage Syed M M Shams |
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Institution: | Department of Accounting and Finance, Monash University, , Melbourne, Australia |
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Abstract: | We present large sample evidence on return performances of Australian acquirers who bid for public and private targets in cross‐border acquisitions. While placing a particular emphasis on the method of payment and the shareholder protection offered by the target country, we analyse the impact of various bid, firm and foreign‐acquisition‐specific characteristics on bidding firms' abnormal returns. We find that Australian investors perceive cross‐border acquisitions as value‐creating exercises regardless of the organisational form of the target acquired. However, bidders for private targets earn higher return when the method of payment is stock and the targets are located in high investor protection countries. We further find that the abnormal returns are conditional to the relative size of the target, bid frequency, target country destination and the preacquisition financial performance of bidding firms. |
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Keywords: | Acquirers of private targets Acquirers of public targets Economic freedom Excess return Foreign acquisitions Investor protection |
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