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Three essays on mergers and acquisitions and earnings management in Europe

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Three essays on mergers and acquisitions and earnings management in Europe

dc.contributor.advisor	Giner Inchausti, Begoña
dc.contributor.advisor	Gill de Albornoz Noguer, Belén
dc.contributor.author	Perafán Peña, Héctor Fabio
dc.contributor.other	Departament de Comptabilitat	es_ES
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-30T08:04:07Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-31T04:45:04Z
dc.date.issued	2020	es_ES
dc.date.submitted	22-07-2020	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/75399
dc.description.abstract	The general objective of the thesis is to analyze how bidders include the earnings management (EM) by target firms in M&A negotiations in Europe, particularly when setting the terms of the M&As, such as the bid premiums and the percentage to acquire. Three specific objectives are proposed to achieve that. Firstly, the thesis analyzes the context of M&As in Europe to understand better the European market of corporate control. Secondly, the research examines the relation between the EM of targets and the premiums offered by acquirers, at deal announcements, and the role of the industry relatedness between firms involved in the deal. Thirdly, the study examines the association between the EM of targets and the ownership decision made by acquirers at deal announcements. Results show that the market of M&As in Europe exhibit many idiosyncrasies compared to the US market of M&A, such as the overwhelming presence of friendly deals, low rate of transactions using cash as the payment method, as well as low competition to acquire targets. Moreover, evidence indicates that the relation between the EM of targets and the bid premiums could be positive or negative, depending on the industry relatedness between acquirers and targets. That is because acquirers with backgrounds in the target's industry, particularly in their accounting practices, are more able to detect and discount from the offered price the EM in financial reports, compared to other cases. Finally, evidence also indicates that acquirers opt to be cautious when deciding about the percentage of the equity to acquire if the due diligence unveils signs of EM by targets that might be associated with target overvaluation. Then, bidders are more prone to bid for minority and partial acquisitions rather than for full acquisitions, the higher the level of EM by the targets before the deal announcement.	es_ES
dc.format.extent	151 p.	es_ES
dc.language.iso	en	es_ES
dc.subject	mergers	es_ES
dc.subject	acquisitions	es_ES
dc.subject	bid-premiums	es_ES
dc.subject	earnings management	es_ES
dc.subject	ownership decision	es_ES
dc.subject	europe	es_ES
dc.title	Three essays on mergers and acquisitions and earnings management in Europe	es_ES
dc.type	doctoral thesis	es_ES
dc.subject.unesco	UNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS	es_ES
dc.embargo.terms	1 year	es_ES