Eric de Bodt

NHH

Helleveien 30

Bergen, NO-5045

Norway

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CEO Narcissism and the Takeover Process: From Private Initiation to Deal Completion

AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2012
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
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mergers and acquisitions, takeover process, CEO, narcissism, hubris, overconfidence

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Event Study Under Noisy Estimation Period

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
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Event Study Under Noisy Estimation Period

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
Downloads 676 (82,638)
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Corporate Serial Acquisitions: An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2008
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 738 (73,728)
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Learning, Hubris, CAR, M&A program, merger, acquisition

Serial Acquirer Bidding: An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

Paris December 2009 Finance International Meeting AFFI - EUROFIDAI, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 437 (142,337)
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Acquisitions program, Learning, Hubris, Bid premium

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The Emerging Role of the European Commission in Merger and Acquisition Monitoring: The Boeing / Mcdonnell Douglas Case #61623

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Aug 2000
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Université de Lille and University of Lille I
Downloads 1,143 (41,024)
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mergers and acquisitions, regulation costs, concentration control, event studies

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Does CSR Help Firms to Cope with Supply Chain Disruptions? Evidence from the Suez Canal Ever Given Obstruction

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2023
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and IESEG School of Management
Downloads 1,074 (44,847)
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Supply Chain, Differences-in-differences, Ever Green grounding

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Learning, Hubris and Corporate Serial Acquisitions

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 May 2005
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 979 (51,124)
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hubris, learning, mergers and acquisitions, CEO, CAR

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Legal Insider Trading and Market Efficiency

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 32, 2008
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Hervé Van Oppens
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Department of Business Administration (IAG) - Finance Unit
Downloads 951 (53,179)
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Legal insider trading; Market efficiency; Order imbalance; Price discovery

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Leasing Decision, Banking Debt and Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Apr 2001
NHH, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lille II - GERME Research Center
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Is European M&A Regulation Protectionist?

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 2318
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Jul 2004
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 875 (59,646)
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merger and acquisition regulation protectionism

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A Short Note on the Hamada Formula

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Apr 2007
Michel Levasseur and Eric de Bodt
Université de Lille and NHH
Downloads 844 (62,698)

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beta, Hamada, cost of capital, leverage

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Market Response to European Regulation of Business Combinations

UCLA Working Paper 12-01; EFMA 2002 London Meetings; EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 756 (72,608)
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Competition Shocks, Rival Reactions, and Stock Return Comovement

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming, Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 3218544
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 19 May 2024
Eric de Bodt, B. Espen Eckbo and Richard Roll
NHH, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 696 (80,788)
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Return co-movement, competitive shocks, rival reactions, differentiation, M&As

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Negotiations Under the Threat of an Auction

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper, EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 98, pp. 241-245, 2010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 693 (81,188)
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Merger Negotiations, Latent Competition, Auction Costs, Bid Premium

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Do Financial Markets Care about SRI? Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
Downloads 682 (82,881)
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Socially responsible investments, merger and acquisition, event study, abnormal returns

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International Trade and Propagation of Merger Waves

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2020
SKEMA Business School – Université Côte d'Azur, NHH and University of Washington
Downloads 676 (83,826)
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International Trade Merger Waves

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The Innovation Arms Race

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 01 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2024
SKEMA Business School – Université Côte d'Azur, NHH and University of Washington
Downloads 654 (87,430)
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Innovative Acquisitions, Innovation, Competition

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Credit Rationing, Customer Relationship and the Number of Banks: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Jun 2002
Unniversity of Lille, NHH and University of Lille II - GERME Research Center
Downloads 637 (90,458)
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credit rationing, customer relationship, bank pool, small business financing

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Assessing the Power and Size of the Event Study Method Through the Decades

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
Downloads 596 (98,439)
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Event Study, Idiosyncratic Risk

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Learning from Repetitive Acquisitions: Evidence from the Time between Deals

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2012
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 578 (102,395)
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Acquisitions program, Learning, Integration costs, Time between successive deals

Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Nov 2011
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 218 (299,443)
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mergers and acquistions, regulation, protectionism

Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Feb 2012
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 188 (344,590)
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mergers and acquistions, regulation, protectionism, event study

Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

29th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) 2012
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Oct 2012
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
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Probability of Informed Trading? Some Evidences Around Corporate Events

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Apr 2003
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, University of Toulouse 1 and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Department of Business Administration (IAG) - Finance Unit
Downloads 539 (111,774)
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probability of informed based trading, mergers and acquisitions, corporate events

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Empirical Evidence of Overbidding in M&A Contests

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Eric de Bodt, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Richard Roll
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 506 (120,779)
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mergers and acquisitions, hubris hypothesis, overbidding

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Legal Insider Trading and Stock Market Reaction: Evidence from the Netherlands

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/67
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Oct 2007
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Belgium Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Downloads 489 (125,936)
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Insider Trading

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MicroHoo: Deal Failure, Industry Rivalry, and Sources of Overbidding

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2014
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 470 (132,012)
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Merger theories, Abnormal returns, Irrational overbidding, Rational overbidding

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Is There Information Leakage Around Business Combinations on the French Market?

EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Mar 2002
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Fany Declerck
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and University of Toulouse 1
Downloads 439 (143,202)
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Mergers and Acquisitions, hidden order, informed trading, bid-ask spread, information leakage

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heterogeneity, flow of information, event studies, (G)ARCH

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Credit Decisions and Adverse Selection: An Empirical Study of Banking Behavior

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Nov 2000
Unniversity of Lille, NHH and University of Lille II - GERME Research Center
Downloads 429 (147,044)

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Contract theory, credit decision, customer relationships, adverse selection

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The Equilibrium Assignment of Narcissistic CEOs to Firms

Paris December 2015 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2015
NHH, SKEMA Business School, SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 359 (179,797)
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CEO narcissism, compensation, governance

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Determinants of the Method of Payment in M&A Transactions: Updated Evidence

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and Loyola Marymount University - Department of Finance
Downloads 325 (200,274)

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merger and acquisition, method of payment

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Rival Reactions – Do Value-Increasing Mergers Bolster Monopoly Rents for Strong Rivals?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2014
Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
NHH and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 322 (202,311)
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Mergers and acquisitions, industry rivals, market power, competitive pressure

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The Information Content of Trade Credit

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH, Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies and Unniversity of Lille
Downloads 310 (210,797)
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Trade credit, Signaling, Z-score, Long-run abnormal returns

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The Eads Take-Off: An Investigation Through Stock Markets' Reactions

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Mar 2004
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Laurent Liagre
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and University of Valenciennes
Downloads 298 (219,883)
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Mergers and acquisition, state ownership, event studies

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Competition and Innovation in the Banking Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Mar 2018
Eric de Bodt, Hong Tram Dang and Frédéric Lobez
NHH, Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC) and Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies
Downloads 290 (226,315)

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innovation, banking industry, competition

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Assessing the Power and the Size of the Event Study Method Through the Decades

Finance International Meeting AFFI-EUROFIDAI, Paris, December 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Dec 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
Downloads 287 (228,758)
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event study, idiosyncratic risk

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Do investor reactions to merger announcements shape the writing of SEC filings?

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Can Dogan
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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mergers and acquisitions, SEC filings, readability, time to file, investor feedback

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Acquirer Overvaluation and Stock Payment in M&A Transactions: What Explains the Spurious Correlation?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Jun 2019
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and Loyola Marymount University - Department of Finance
Downloads 284 (231,283)

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Mergers and acquisitions; Mode of payment; Pooling of interest; Valuation

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Mergers and Acquisitions Across Cultures

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 16 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2021
SKEMA Business School – Université Côte d'Azur, NHH and SKEMA Business School
Downloads 277 (237,345)

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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As), Culture Clusters, Cross-Cultural M&As, M&A Deals Completion, Cultural Dimensions

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The Deterrence Effect of M&A Regulatory Enforcements

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2024
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN, Loyola Marymount University - Department of Finance and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 275 (239,129)
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Merger and Acquisition, Antitrust Regulation, Deterrence

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The Full Stock Payment Marginalization in M&A Transactions

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2015
Eric de Bodt, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Richard Roll
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 260 (253,076)
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mergers and acquisitions, method of payment, pooling of interest, purchase

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M&A Outcomes and Willingness to Sell

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2012
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and Independent Researcher
Downloads 170 (377,679)
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Willingness to sell, Mergers and Acquisitions, Bid Premium, Deal Completion

M&A Outcomes and Willingness to Sell

29th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) 2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2012
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and Independent Researcher
Downloads 79 (674,591)
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Willingness to sell, Mergers and Acquisitions, Bid Premium, Deal Completion

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The (Un)intended Consequences of M&A Regulatory Enforcements

Proceedings of Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Feb 2022
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN, Loyola Marymount University - Department of Finance and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 245 (268,602)

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Regulatory uncertainty, merger and acquisition, deterrence

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Trade Credit as a Signal of Quality

AFFI/EUROFIDAI, Paris December 2008 Finance International Meeting AFFI - EUROFIDAI
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Oct 2008
NHH, University of Lille II - GERME Research Center and Unniversity of Lille
Downloads 242 (271,868)
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trade credit, signaling

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Using Self-Organizing Maps to Adjust Intra-Day Seasonality

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 May 2005 Last Revised: 03 May 2013
Walid Ben Omrane and Eric de Bodt
Brock University - Department of Finance, Operations and Information Systems (FOIS) and NHH
Downloads 203 (321,941)

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foreign exchange market, self-organizing maps, seasonality, high frequency data

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Takeover Duration and Negotiation Process

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2018
Riccardo Calcagno, Eric de Bodt and Irina Demidova
Politecnico di Torino, NHH and Independent Researcher
Downloads 200 (326,361)

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Mergers Negotiations, Negotiation Duration, Potential Competition

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Did the Euro Increase Systemic Risk?

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Jul 2013
NHH, University of Lille II - GERME Research Center and SKEMA Business School
Downloads 190 (342,234)
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systemic risk, euro, monetary union

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Rivals’ Returns

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2020
Eric de Bodt, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Richard Roll
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and California Institute of Technology
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Stock Return, Information, Rivals’ Interactions

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Improved Method for Detecting Acquirer Skills

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
Eric de Bodt, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Richard Roll
NHH, Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 107 (547,784)

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mergers and acquisitions, skills, attrition, panel data

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Firm Uncertainty and Financial Analysts' Activity

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Nov 2010
Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN, NHH and Université de Lille
Downloads 106 (551,600)

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Financial analysts, Uncertainty, Implied volatility

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Firm Uncertainty and Financial Analysts’ Activity

International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), May 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 May 2011
Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN, NHH and Université de Lille
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Financial analysts, Uncertainty, Implied volatility

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The Paulson Plan’s Competitive Effects

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 May 2011
Eric de Bodt, Frédéric Lobez and Junyao Zhang
NHH, Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies and SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus
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TARP, Paulson Plan, Competition

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Product market competition, stock price informativeness, and managerial learning

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2025
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, NHH and Univ. Lille, ULR 4112 - LUMEN
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Product market competition, stock price informativeness, managerial learning, corporate investment, innovation outcomes

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The Paulsons Plan's Competitive Effects

Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Frédéric Lobez, Eric de Bodt and Junyao Zhang
Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies, NHH and SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus
Downloads 78 (670,245)

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TARP, the Paulson plan, Competition

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Paulson Plan Credits

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Feb 2014
NHH, Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies and SKEMA Business School
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Systemic Risk, Paulson Plan, Capital Purchase Program, CoVaR