Class information for:
Level 1: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS//TAKEOVERS//MERGERS

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
5383 1631 37.3 56%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
17 3       BUSINESS//BUSINESS, FINANCE//MANAGEMENT 121089
40 2             BUSINESS, FINANCE//CORPORATE GOVERNANCE//JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE 31296
5383 1                   MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS//TAKEOVERS//MERGERS 1631

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS authKW 897221 10% 30% 160
2 TAKEOVERS authKW 784468 5% 47% 89
3 MERGERS authKW 510641 9% 20% 139
4 TOEHOLDS authKW 293818 1% 83% 19
5 TAKEOVER PREMIUM authKW 288820 1% 86% 18
6 TENDER OFFERS authKW 266296 1% 68% 21
7 METHOD OF PAYMENT authKW 266239 1% 89% 16
8 BUSINESS, FINANCE WoSSC 252925 58% 1% 953
9 JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS journal 204186 10% 7% 161
10 MERGER WAVES authKW 203835 1% 78% 14

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Business, Finance 252925 58% 1% 953
2 Economics 50117 59% 0% 967
3 Business 7126 12% 0% 202
4 Management 3718 11% 0% 175
5 Law 492 4% 0% 58
6 Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods 111 1% 0% 19
7 Agricultural Economics & Policy 103 1% 0% 10
8 Public Administration 80 1% 0% 14
9 International Relations 58 1% 0% 16
10 Urban Studies 44 1% 0% 11

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 EUROPEAN CORP CONTROL STUDIES 37440 0% 100% 2
2 FINANCE ACCOUNTING CONTROL AREA 37440 0% 100% 2
3 FINANCE 24805 7% 1% 108
4 EBERHARDT BUSINESS 22283 1% 13% 9
5 BANKING BEHAV FINANCE 18720 0% 100% 1
6 C E EA 3190 18720 0% 100% 1
7 CAISSE DEPOT PLACEMENT QUEBEC 18720 0% 100% 1
8 CHEM BELLER 23 18720 0% 100% 1
9 COMPET REGULAT 18720 0% 100% 1
10 DRM FINANCE UMR 7088 18720 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS 204186 10% 7% 161
2 JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE 157698 6% 9% 91
3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 86763 4% 7% 71
4 JOURNAL OF FINANCE 60522 6% 3% 99
5 JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE 39193 6% 2% 96
6 JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS 38548 3% 4% 55
7 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS FINANCE & ACCOUNTING 30958 2% 5% 32
8 REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES 28174 3% 3% 49
9 JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH 16012 1% 5% 18
10 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS 13880 2% 3% 25

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 897221 10% 30% 160 Search MERGERS+AND+ACQUISITIONS Search MERGERS+AND+ACQUISITIONS
2 TAKEOVERS 784468 5% 47% 89 Search TAKEOVERS Search TAKEOVERS
3 MERGERS 510641 9% 20% 139 Search MERGERS Search MERGERS
4 TOEHOLDS 293818 1% 83% 19 Search TOEHOLDS Search TOEHOLDS
5 TAKEOVER PREMIUM 288820 1% 86% 18 Search TAKEOVER+PREMIUM Search TAKEOVER+PREMIUM
6 TENDER OFFERS 266296 1% 68% 21 Search TENDER+OFFERS Search TENDER+OFFERS
7 METHOD OF PAYMENT 266239 1% 89% 16 Search METHOD+OF+PAYMENT Search METHOD+OF+PAYMENT
8 MERGER WAVES 203835 1% 78% 14 Search MERGER+WAVES Search MERGER+WAVES
9 ACQUISITION 173510 7% 8% 116 Search ACQUISITION Search ACQUISITION
10 ABNORMAL RETURNS 116953 2% 21% 30 Search ABNORMAL+RETURNS Search ABNORMAL+RETURNS

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 MARTYNOVA, M , RENNEBOOG, L , (2008) A CENTURY OF CORPORATE TAKEOVERS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHERE DO WE STAND?.JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE. VOL. 32. ISSUE 10. P. 2148 -2177 80 68% 73
2 ECKBO, BE , (2009) BIDDING STRATEGIES AND TAKEOVER PREMIUMS: A REVIEW.JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE. VOL. 15. ISSUE 1. P. 149 -178 81 67% 31
3 ECKBO, BE , (2014) CORPORATE TAKEOVERS AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY.ANNUAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, VOL 6. VOL. 6. ISSUE . P. 51 -74 65 76% 2
4 ARSLAN, HB , SIMSIR, SA , (2016) MEASURING TAKEOVER PREMIUMS IN CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: INSIGHTS FROM TURKEY.EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE. VOL. 52. ISSUE 1. P. 188 -203 44 88% 2
5 PHALIPPOU, L , XU, FM , ZHAO, HN , (2015) ACQUIRING ACQUIRERS.REVIEW OF FINANCE. VOL. 19. ISSUE 4. P. 1489 -1541 51 82% 0
6 GREGORY, A , O'DONOHOE, S , (2014) DO CROSS BORDER AND DOMESTIC ACQUISITIONS DIFFER? EVIDENCE FROM THE ACQUISITION OF UK TARGETS.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. VOL. 31. ISSUE . P. 61-69 51 78% 3
7 BESSLER, W , SCHNECK, C , ZIMMERMANN, J , (2015) BIDDER CONTESTS IN INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE IMPACT OF TOEHOLDS, PREEMPTIVE BIDDING, AND TERMINATION FEES.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. VOL. 42. ISSUE . P. 4 -23 42 88% 0
8 CAI, J , SONG, MH , WALKLING, RA , (2011) ANTICIPATION, ACQUISITIONS, AND BIDDER RETURNS: INDUSTRY SHOCKS AND THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION ACROSS RIVALS.REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES. VOL. 24. ISSUE 7. P. 2242 -2285 42 88% 16
9 ALEXANDRIDIS, G , FULLER, KP , TERHAAR, L , TRAYLOS, NG , (2013) DEAL SIZE, ACQUISITION PREMIA AND SHAREHOLDER GAINS.JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE. VOL. 20. ISSUE . P. 1-13 37 88% 8
10 DITTMAR, A , LI, D , NAIN, A , (2012) IT PAYS TO FOLLOW THE LEADER: ACQUIRING TARGETS PICKED BY PRIVATE EQUITY.JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS. VOL. 47. ISSUE 5. P. 901-931 46 73% 3

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 13829 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS//POST MERGER INTEGRATION//ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
2 9844 CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION//DIVERSIFICATION DISCOUNT//INTERNAL CAPITAL MARKETS
3 189 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE//CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW//BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4 17739 FLOW THROUGH CAPABILITY//GRAMM LEACH BLILEY ACT//JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
5 5275 UNDERPRICING//INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS//IPO
6 9987 PAYOUT POLICY//SHARE REPURCHASES//DIVIDENDS
7 27859 PRODUCT RECALL//PRODUCT HAZARD//EVENT STUDY METHOD
8 18688 INSIDER TRADING//SECURITIES REGULATION LAW JOURNAL//DIRECTORS DEALINGS
9 11972 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION//STOCK OPTIONS//EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
10 7836 CAPITAL STRUCTURE//PECKING ORDER THEORY//TRADE OFF THEORY

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