Malaysian acquiring firms’ shareholders’ wealth effect following cross-border acquisition

• Main Authors: Uddin, Md Mohan, Minai, Mohd Sobri, Olajide, Raji Jimoh, Ibrahim, Yusnidah, Hasan, Md Mahadi
• Format: Article
• Published: CSRC Publishing 2017
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/25968/; http://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v3i2.95

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate long run shareholders' wealth effect (SWE) of Malaysian acquiring firms following cross-border acquisition (CBA).Methodology: Using buy-and-hold abnormal returns (BHAR) measure of SWE and Euclidean distance method for identifying matching fir...