Effects of M&A on the stock prices of companies from different industries

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,7, , language: English, abstract: Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are an important part of corporate financial management. In 2018, the worldwide transaction volume of M&A amounted to 3888 billion USD, which represents an increase of 159 billion USD compared to the previous year. In the outlook for 2020 the bank J.P. Morgan expec...