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Merger Arbitrage

Merger Arbitrage is an investment strategy that involves purchasing the shares of a target company in a merger while shorting the shares of the acquiring company to exploit price discrepancies, with the aim of capturing the spread between the market price and the eventual merger consideration.

56

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5.9K

Citations

91

Authors

80

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

Risk Arbitrage

Parents

Children

Publications

56

Merger bids, uncertainty, and stockholder returns

Paul Asquith · Journal of Financial Economics · 1983 · 954 citations

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Markup pricing in mergers and acquisitions

G. William Schwert · Journal of Financial Economics · 1996 · 873 citations · Full text

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Termination fees in mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Financial Economics · 2003 · 578 citations

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Price Pressure around Mergers

Mark L. Mitchell, Todd Pulvino, Erik Stafford · The Journal of Finance · 2004 · 425 citations

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Termination Fees in Mergers and Acquisitions

Micah S. Officer · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2005 · 412 citations · Full text

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Authors

91

  1. KS
    Karin S. Thorburn

    Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. BE
    B. Espen Eckbo

    Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. MS
    Micah S. Officer

    Loyola Marymount University, United States

    3 publications · 572 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. PG
    Pavel G. Savor

    DePaul University, United States

    2 publications · 442 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. DB
    David Becher

    Drexel University, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

80

  1. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    310 citations

  2. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    307 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    143 citations

  5. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    605 citations

  6. Loyola Marymount University

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    425 citations

  7. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    76 citations

  8. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    146 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 13 publications · 803 citations

    11

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  2. Journal of Financial Economics

    7 publications · 3K citations

    7

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  3. The Journal of Finance

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Journal of Corporate Finance

    3 publications · 53 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Banking & Finance

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

    h-index

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