Market Pricing of Bank M&As and Efficiency in Europe

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Author(s): Sailesh Tanna (Coventry University, UK), Hodian Urio (Mount Meru University, Arusha, Tanzania)and Ibrahim Yousef (University of Petra, Jordan)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 20
Source title: Recent Applications of Financial Risk Modelling and Portfolio Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tihana Škrinjarić (University of Zagreb, Croatia), Mirjana Čižmešija (University of Zagreb, Croatia)and Bryan Christiansen (Global Training Group, Ltd, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5083-0.ch005

Keywords: Accounting and Finance / Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Risk Management & Analysis

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This study investigates the impact of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on bank efficiency and how such efficiencies are expected to influence bank shareholder value upon merger announcements. It employs stochastic frontier analysis and event study methods along with regression analysis to account for the influences of pre-merger and post-merger efficiencies of bidders and targets in assessing their impact on bidder abnormal returns. Using data for a sample of large commercial bank M&As from 22 European countries, the authors find that bank bidders achieve short-term shareholder value gains from merger announcements, and this could be associated with the perceived efficiencies of bidders and targets. More generally, the evidence supports the view that bank profit efficiency has a positive influence on bidder returns from merger announcements, and therefore markets do take into account the importance of efficiency in value creation. This suggests that stock markets price operational efficiency of banks in predicting value gains from European Bank M&As.

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