Journal article
The Spinoff and Merger Ex-Date Effects
The Journal of finance (New York), Vol.49(2), pp.581-609
06/1994
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb05153.x
Abstract
This article shows that some of the wealth gains from financial decisions involving changes in security form occur on predictable ex dates. For a sample of 113 spinoffs during 1964 to 90, we document an average excess return of 3.0 percent on ex dates, roughly the same magnitude as the average announcement-date return. We conjecture that the spinoff ex-date return arises because the parent and subsidiary stocks attract different investors who prefer to buy the separated shares after the ex date. We also document that, on average, the target shareholders in stock-for-stock mergers earn an excess return of 1.5 percent on merger ex dates.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Spinoff and Merger Ex-Date Effects
- Creators
- Anand M. Vijh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of finance (New York), Vol.49(2), pp.581-609
- Publisher
- American Finance Association
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb05153.x
- ISSN
- 0022-1082
- eISSN
- 1540-6261
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1994
- Academic Unit
- Finance
- Record Identifier
- 9984380500302771
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