Assessment of market efficiency in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: An event study of mergers and acquisitions
This paper presents an investigation into the relationship between the announcement of mergers and acquisitions, the existence of positive abnormal returns for shares of these firms, and market efficiency in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Statistically significant Standardized Abnormal Returns were pr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) |
| Repositorio: | BAR - Brazilian Administration Review |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.bar.anpad.org.br:article/179 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/179 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | market efficiency mergers and acquisitions value creation abnormal returns event study |
| Sumario: | This paper presents an investigation into the relationship between the announcement of mergers and acquisitions, the existence of positive abnormal returns for shares of these firms, and market efficiency in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Statistically significant Standardized Abnormal Returns were present in the event announcement and the following days in Argentina and Chile and on the event day in Brazil, confirming value creation signaling. Furthermore, the significance of abnormal returns in the event window, namely in the 5 days following the event in Argentina and Chile and the absence of such in Brazil suggests a more efficient market exists in Brazil, in keeping with the semi-strong market efficiency hypothesis. The absence of semi-strong efficient market behavior could prove valuable to investors who could use a window of a few days after the event announcement to accumulate abnormal returns, provided the appropriate research into news of possible mergers or acquisitions has been made. |
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