Industry expertise, information leakage and the choice of M&A advisors

This paper examines the impacts of M&A advisors’ industry expertise on firms’ choice of advisors in mergers and acquisitions. We show that an investment bank's expertise in merger parties’ industries increases its likelihood of being chosen as an advisor, especially when the acquisition is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chang, Xin, Shekhar, Chander, Tam, Lewis H. K., Yao, Jiaquan
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80197
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40457