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Professor Dimitris Petmezas' Outputs (2)

Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions Around the World: New Evidence (2010)
Journal Article
Alexandridis, G., Petmezas, D., & Travlos, N. (2010). Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions Around the World: New Evidence. Financial Management, 39(4), 1671-1695. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-053x.2010.01126.x

Using a global M&A data set, this paper provides evidence that the empirical observations relating public acquisitions to, at best, zero abnormal returns, and their stock-financed subset to negative abnormal returns for acquiring firms around the dea... Read More about Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions Around the World: New Evidence.

Managerial Overconfidence in High and Low Valuation Markets and Gains to Acquisitions (2010)
Journal Article
Croci, E., Petmezas, D., & Vagenas-Nanos, E. (2010). Managerial Overconfidence in High and Low Valuation Markets and Gains to Acquisitions. International Review of Financial Analysis, 19(5), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2010.06.003

In this paper we empirically investigate bidders' performance managed by overconfident and non-overconfident managers in high and low market valuation periods. Using a sample of UK acquisitions in the period 1990–2005, we provide evidence that the in... Read More about Managerial Overconfidence in High and Low Valuation Markets and Gains to Acquisitions.