• DOI:10.1093/RFS/9.3.787
Corpus ID: 59607708

The Role of Investment Banks in Acquisitions

@article{Servaes1996TheRO,
  title={The Role of Investment Banks in Acquisitions},
  author={H. Servaes and Marc Zenner},
  journal={Review of Financial Studies},
  year={1996},
  volume={9},
  pages={787-815}
}

• H. Servaes, Marc Zenner
• Published 1996
• Economics
• Review of Financial Studies

We compare acquisitions completed with and without investment bank advice over the 1981 to 1992 period. We find that the choice to use an investment bank depends on the complexity of the transaction, the type of transaction (takeovers versus acquisitions of assets), the acquiror's prior acquisition experience, and the degree of diversification of the target firm. Although acquisition announcement returns are lower for firms using investment banks, this difference can be explained by differences… Expand

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