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merger waves: a standalone construct

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Corporate finance

clustering of mergers in time, driven by industry shocks that coincide with abundant capital liquidity.

In corporate finance, merger waves refers to clustering of mergers in time, driven by industry shocks that coincide with abundant capital liquidity. This meaning comes from Harford (2005) in Journal of Financial Economics.[1]

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References

Harford, J. (2005). What drives merger waves? Journal of Financial Economics, 77(3), 529-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.05.004

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