The effects of acquisitions on the market value of the banking sector: An Empirical Analysis from Greece

Konstantinos P. Vergos, Apostolos G. Christopoulos

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    Abstract

    The aim of this paper is to investigate how the acquisitions are perceived in the market value of the relevant sector. For this purpose, the following analysis examines the development of sector market value after bank acquisition announcement by Greek banks. The analysis examines the period from 1998 till 2007, when the sector was liberalised and numerous acquisitions took place. The abnormal returns are examined for different event periods (from twenty days before the event/announcement till 160 trading days after the event/announcement). The contribution of this study is important and its results are interesting in the sense that a negative effect of acquisitions will imply bad news for the sector, while the opposite will mean good news for the sector.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)410-419
    Number of pages10
    JournalEuropean Journal of Scientific Research
    Volume24
    Issue number3
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • Abnormal returns
    • Acquisitions
    • Announcements
    • Banking
    • Capital markets
    • Event study
    • Liberalization
    • Share price
    • Valuation

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