Board overconfidence and M&A performance: evidence from the UK

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting · 2023 · PMC9886216

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The results suggest an interesting trend, which is that a large fraction of UK acquirers (about 56%, 423 deals) engage in multiple acquisitions and the overwhelming majority (99%, 744 deals) are linked to private deals.

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