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Is China Crossing the Line?

Eriksson, Martin LU ; Helin, Victoria and Serenhov, Alice (2021) FEKH89 20202
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
Purpose
To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns.

Methodology
The study is quantitative with a deductive approach and based on the traditional event study methodology. Furthermore, cross-sectional regression models are used to analyze and determine the relationship between the cumulative abnormal return and the independent variables.

Theoretical perspectives
The theoretical frameworks used in this study are the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Signaling Theory, the Theory... (More)
Purpose
To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns.

Methodology
The study is quantitative with a deductive approach and based on the traditional event study methodology. Furthermore, cross-sectional regression models are used to analyze and determine the relationship between the cumulative abnormal return and the independent variables.

Theoretical perspectives
The theoretical frameworks used in this study are the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Signaling Theory, the Theory of Competitive Advantages, The Resource based view, the Synergy Hypothesis, the OLI-Framework and the The CAGE Distance Framework.

Empirical foundation
The results are based on data of Chinese cross-border M&A deals between 2010-2018. The data is collected from the databases Zephyr, Datastream, Thomson Reuters Eikon and Bloomberg.

Conclusion
Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisition. When studying the independent variables, trading halts are significantly affecting the short-term generated wealth for shareholders. Manufacturing and cultural distance are the only variables that significantly explain the movement of short-term shareholder wealth. The variables market size, industry relatedness, relative deal size, nor institutional distance affect short-term shareholder wealth. (Less)
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author
Eriksson, Martin LU ; Helin, Victoria and Serenhov, Alice
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A research on the value creation of Chinese cross-border acquisitions
course
FEKH89 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Cumulative Abnormal Return, Cross-border M&A, Trading Halt, Trading Suspension, Short-Term Shareholder Wealth, China
language
English
id
9041947
date added to LUP
2021-05-17 16:29:21
date last changed
2021-05-17 16:29:21
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  abstract     = {{Purpose
To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns.

Methodology
The study is quantitative with a deductive approach and based on the traditional event study methodology. Furthermore, cross-sectional regression models are used to analyze and determine the relationship between the cumulative abnormal return and the independent variables.

Theoretical perspectives
The theoretical frameworks used in this study are the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Signaling Theory, the Theory of Competitive Advantages, The Resource based view, the Synergy Hypothesis, the OLI-Framework and the The CAGE Distance Framework. 

Empirical foundation
The results are based on data of Chinese cross-border M&A deals between 2010-2018. The data is collected from the databases Zephyr, Datastream, Thomson Reuters Eikon and Bloomberg.

Conclusion 
Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisition. When studying the independent variables, trading halts are significantly affecting the short-term generated wealth for shareholders. Manufacturing and cultural distance are the only variables that significantly explain the movement of short-term shareholder wealth. The variables market size, industry relatedness, relative deal size, nor institutional distance affect short-term shareholder wealth.}},
  author       = {{Eriksson, Martin and Helin, Victoria and Serenhov, Alice}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Is China Crossing the Line?}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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