Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2023
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Finance
First Advisor
Omesh Kini
Abstract
I test the impact of information acquisition (proxied by SEC EDGAR web traffic) on market informativeness about deal value creation in mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Information acquisition about merging firms, industry rivals, and supply-chain firms enhance short-term market reactions informativeness about long-term merger operating synergies. The effects are more pronounced among M&As with more sophisticated investors, new information, and pre-merger information asymmetry. Furthermore, information acquisition about merging firms improves the market’s assessment of financial synergies. In addition, non-deal related firms with more downloads experience an increase in subsequent takeover probability. The evidence from difference-in-differences analysis and instrumental approach analysis suggests potential casual effects of information acquisition on market reaction informativeness. Overall, this paper demonstrates that information acquisition improves the market’s assessment of value creation in M&As.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/35143510
Recommended Citation
Wang, Xiaoyu, "The Effects of Information Acquisition on Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from SEC EDGAR Web Traffic." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/35143510
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