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Merger Behavior

Merger Behavior is a theoretical construct in Behavioral Corporate Finance that explains the psychological and cognitive biases influencing corporate managers' decisions to initiate, pursue, or consummate mergers and acquisitions, distinguishing it from purely rational, market-driven merger motives.

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1.3K

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691

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Publications

609

New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

Gregor Andrade, Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2001 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Stock market driven acquisitions

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Financial Economics · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Product Market Synergies and Competition in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Text-Based Analysis

Gerard Hoberg, Gordon M. Phillips · Review of Financial Studies · 2010 · 1.6K citations

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Valuation waves and merger activity: The empirical evidence

Matthew Rhodes‐Kropf, David T. Robinson, Siva Viswanathan · Journal of Financial Economics · 2005 · 1.4K citations

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COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYEES FOLLOWING A MERGER: A LONGITUDINAL FIELD EXPERIMENT.

David M. Schweiger, Angelo S. DeNisi · Academy of Management Journal · 1991 · 1.3K citations

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  1. ML
    Michael Lubatkin

    University of Connecticut, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. GD
    Gayle Delong

    Baruch College, United States

    5 publications · 496 citations

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  3. MS
    Micah S. Officer

    Loyola Marymount University, United States

    5 publications · 917 citations

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  4. DB
    David Becher

    Drexel University, United States

    5 publications · 244 citations

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  5. YW
    Yaakov Weber

    College of Management Academic Studies, Israel

    4 publications · 844 citations

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Institutions

691

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    9.1K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    12.3K citations

  4. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    600 citations

  5. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    679 citations

  8. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    532 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 78 publications · 5.4K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 21 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Financial Economics

    14 publications · 7.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

    JFQA · 13 publications · 1.7K citations

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