Analysis of post-merger integration of automobile firms

Gao, Ziyue

dc.contributor.advisor	Dodds, J. C. (James Colin)
dc.creator	Gao, Ziyue
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-02T19:30:22Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-02T19:30:22Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25256
dc.description	1 online resource (v, 31 p.)
dc.description	Includes abstract and appendix.
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30).
dc.description.abstract	This paper’s objective is to determine whether merger announcements of world automobile companies would influence the stock price of acquired companies and whether the market reaction to merger announcement is good or bad. 24 acquired companies from the OTC market and 10 acquired companies come from the NYSE market are randomly chosen for this study. The time period is chosen from 1998 to 2012.The DJ (USA) index is used as market return in this paper. The Market Return Model, the Average Abnormal Return Model and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) will be used in this paper. In summary, this study is going to prove whether the merged world automobile firms would gain or loss after merger announcement.	en_CA
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dc.publisher	Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.title	Analysis of post-merger integration of automobile firms	en_CA
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thesis.degree.name	Master of Finance
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.discipline	Finance, Information Systems, & Management Science
thesis.degree.grantor	Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)