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dc.contributor.author | Agarwal, Nipun | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kwan, Paul H | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-24T16:24:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Economics, Management, and Financial Markets, 12(1), p. 55-67 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1938-212X | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1842-3191 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19045 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are undertaken to improve efficiencies or increase economies of scale and scope. Prices offered by buyers can depend on the personality of the buyer (acquiring firm) and seller (target firm). This paper tries to model these differences in prices offered for M&A deals using agent-based modeling and considers risk-averse - risk-taking behavior of buyers and optimistic - pessimistic behavior of sellers. Further, if we add to this the situation of a hostile takeover, it tends to complicate the pricing even more. This paper uses agent-based modeling to analyze a hostile takeover while considering the risk-averse - risk-taking behavior of the acquirer and optimistic - pessimistic behavior of the target firm. Results show that risk-taking buyer will pay higher prices and optimistic sellers will demand higher prices. As a result, sellers obtain the highest premium when these behavior traits exist. Also, sellers receive higher prices when the business cycle is improving, while, receiving the lowest premium during the business cycle trough or peak as buyers know that sellers have limited options during troughs and buyers are afraid of paying too much to merger or acquire a seller during business cycle peaks. Also, results show that as the hostile takeover characteristic of the acquirer increases, it puts downward pressure on the final price paid to purchase the target firm. This specifically comes under play when the target firm is less optimistic, the target firm's shareholders will usually accept a lower price compared to when they are more optimistic and hold out for a better offer. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Addleton Academic Publishers | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Economics, Management, and Financial Markets | en |
dc.title | Pricing Mergers & Acquisitions Using Agent-Based Modeling | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Experimental Economics | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Simulation and Modelling | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Financial Economics | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Nipun | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Paul H | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 140206 Experimental Economics | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 140207 Financial Economics | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 080110 Simulation and Modelling | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 900102 Investment Services (excl. Superannuation) | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics | en |
local.profile.school | School of Science and Technology | en |
local.profile.email | nagarwal@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | wkwan2@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20160520-101455 | en |
local.publisher.place | United States of America | en |
local.format.startpage | 55 | en |
local.format.endpage | 67 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 12 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 1 | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Agarwal | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Kwan | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:nagarwal | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:wkwan2 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:19243 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Pricing Mergers & Acquisitions Using Agent-Based Modeling | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.relation.url | http://www.addletonacademicpublishers.com/contents-emfm/743-volume-12-1-2017/2771-pricing-mergers-acquisitions-using-agent-based-modeling | en |
local.search.author | Agarwal, Nipun | en |
local.search.author | Kwan, Paul H | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2017 | en |
local.fileurl.closedpublished | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/da72742b-173a-40ff-8b27-b0bfb8926465 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 380106 Experimental economics | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 380107 Financial economics | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 460207 Modelling and simulation | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 110202 Investment services (excl. superannuation) | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280115 Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280108 Expanding knowledge in economics | en |
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