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dc.contributorFaculty of Businessen_US
dc.creatorZheng, Jian Peng-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/12011-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic Universityen_US
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleReport size and takeovers : a China studyen_US
dcterms.abstractThis thesis examines the relationship between company annual report size and various takeover outcomes using the China sample for the 2009-2019 period. The file size proxied by six variables is positively related to the likelihood of a takeover, its success, the use of cash as the payment means, and the bid premium. Although it also tends to be positively related to the bidder's announcement returns, it is negatively related to the target's returns. Lastly, the bidder's annual report size is found to increase the bidder's likelihood to be a target but lower its likelihood to be a bidder again in subsequent takeover activities. All these results are consistent with the adverse effects of hard-to-read annual reports found in the readability literature.en_US
dcterms.extent171 pages : illustrationsen_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2022en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelD.B.A.en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Doctorateen_US
dcterms.LCSHCorporation reports -- Chinaen_US
dcterms.LCSHFinancial statements -- Chinaen_US
dcterms.LCSHConsolidation and merger of corporations -- China -- Financeen_US
dcterms.LCSHCorporations -- China -- Financeen_US
dcterms.LCSHHong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertationsen_US
dcterms.accessRightsrestricted accessen_US

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