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Acquiring firms' stock returns

Raad, Elias; Wu, H.K. (2016-10-27)

This study examines the effects of the method of payment, change in leverage, and management equity ownership on the acquiring firm's stock returns around the initial announcement date of the merger. Results indicate that ...
Capital structure and ownership distribution of tender offer targets

Raad, Elias; Ryan, Robert (2016-10-27)
Efficiency performance of commercial banks in Lebanon

Djoundourian, Salpie; Raad, Elias (2017-07-27)
Insider trading effects on stock returns around open-market stock repurchase announcements

Raad, Elias; Wu, H.K. (2016-10-27)

In this paper we empirically examine the effects of insider trading activities, the percentage of common shares outstanding authorized for repurchase, and management ownership on stock returns around open-market stock ...
Leverage, ownership structure, and returns to shareholders of target and bidding firms

Raad, Elias; Ryan, Robert; Sinkey, Joseph F. (2016-10-27)

This paper tests for the joint effects of leverage and ownership structure in target firms on returns to shareholders in both target and bidding firms. For a sample of 81 targets and 81 bidders in successful takeovers ...
Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs

Boumosleh, Anwar; Raad, Elias (2016-03-07)

Anwar Boumosleh holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Alabama. He has been teaching MBA Corporate Finance and Investments since joining LAU in 2005. He also taught at the University of Central Florida. His research ...
The performance of banks in post-war Lebanon

Raad, Elias; Peters, David; Sinkey, Joseph F. (2016-10-27)

This paper analyzes the performance and balance-sheet characteristics of banks in post-war Lebanon for the years 1993 to 2000. Although we find that Lebanese banks are profitable, most of them had accounting return on ...
Why do acquiring firms pay high premiums to takeover target shareholders

Raad, Elias (2016-10-27)

The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically the relationship between several factors reported in the literature to affect the premium received by takeover target shareholders. Using a sample of 190 successful ...

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