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    Foreign acquisition and credit risk: Evidence from the U.S. CDS market
    (Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-17) Yılmaz, Ümit; International Finance; YILMAZ, Ümit
    This article empirically analyzes the effect of foreign block acquisitions on U.S. target firms' credit risk as measured by their credit default swap (CDS) spreads. Foreign block purchases lead to a greater increase in the target firms' CDS premia post-acquisition compared to domestic block purchases. This effect is stronger when foreign owners are geographically and culturally more distant, and when they obtain majority control. The findings are consistent with an asymmetric information hypothesis, in which foreign owners are less effective monitors due to information barriers.
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    The effects of foreign acquisitions on the value of industry peers
    (Cambridge University Press, 2023-03) Yılmaz, Ümit; International Finance; YILMAZ, Ümit
    This paper studies how industry peers' stock prices respond when another firm in the industry is acquired by a foreign firm. The average stock price reactions of industry peers in horizontal foreign acquisitions around deal announcements are significantly negative. Peers' returns are more negative in growing, less specialized, and competitive industries. Moreover, the negative stock price reactions of industry peers are related to future decreases in their operating performance. Overall, these results suggest that foreign acquisitions have strong competitive effects for the industry peers of U.S. target companies.