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Merger Arbitrage, en sektorspecifik studie

Serenhov, Alexandra LU and Höglund Savén, Viktor LU (2012) NEKH01 20122
Department of Economics
Abstract
This thesis aims to investigate excess returns created by a modified form of merger arbitrage in a specific sector. By modifying the common strategy used, data from mergers and acquisitions where the payment method includes a mixture of stocks and cash could be included in the sample of 74 Mergers and Acquisitions deriving from the American Oil Market in 2003-2012. It is proven that the calculated returns follows a previously known pattern for Merger Arbitrage returns of a high beta in depreciating markets and a lower beta in appreciating markets. The results indicate a statistically significant excess return of 3,92 Basis Points per day benchmarking against S&P 500 and 6,38 Basis Points per day benchmarking against CAPM.
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author
Serenhov, Alexandra LU and Höglund Savén, Viktor LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH01 20122
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Merger Arbitrage, Riskarbitrage, CAPM, M&A
language
Swedish
id
3327111
date added to LUP
2013-02-12 15:04:53
date last changed
2013-02-12 15:04:53
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to investigate excess returns created by a modified form of merger arbitrage in a specific sector. By modifying the common strategy used, data from mergers and acquisitions where the payment method includes a mixture of stocks and cash could be included in the sample of 74 Mergers and Acquisitions deriving from the American Oil Market in 2003-2012. It is proven that the calculated returns follows a previously known pattern for Merger Arbitrage returns of a high beta in depreciating markets and a lower beta in appreciating markets. The results indicate a statistically significant excess return of 3,92 Basis Points per day benchmarking against S&P 500 and 6,38 Basis Points per day benchmarking against CAPM.}},
  author       = {{Serenhov, Alexandra and Höglund Savén, Viktor}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Merger Arbitrage, en sektorspecifik studie}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}