Foreign investors’ trading behaviors around merger and acquisition announcements: Evidence from Korea
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Finance Research Letters
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
© 2019 Elsevier Inc. This study examines foreign investors’ trading behaviors around merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements in the Korean stock market (both KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets). We find evidence that foreign investors are more likely to buy target stocks with larger wealth effects on the KOSPI market. In contrast, our results reveal that both foreign and domestic investors are not able to identify target stocks with larger wealth effects on the KOSDAQ market. Further, we find that in response to M&A announcements, only foreign investors can find target stocks with greater subsequent returns on the KOSDAQ market, but not on the KOSPI market.
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ISSN
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Volume
37
First Page
101375
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Foreign investors, Korean stock market, Mergers and acquisitions, Trading behaviors
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Recommended Citation
Yang, Jin Young and Segara, Reuben, "Foreign investors’ trading behaviors around merger and acquisition announcements: Evidence from Korea" (2019). All Works. 1703.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1703
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
no