SPACs: Post-merger survival

Milos Vulanovic

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Abstract: This paper studies how institutional characteristics of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are related to their post-merger survival. SPACs are unique financial firms that conduct the IPO with the solely purpose to use the proceeds to acquire another private company. Paper finds that institutional characteristics of SPACs are important in determining post-merger outcomes of new company, specifically when it comes to their suvival/failure. Namely, increases in pre-merger commitment by SPAC stakeholders and initial positive market performance increase post-merger survival likelihood. On the contrary, mergers with higher transaction costs and focused on foreign companies exhibit increased failure likelihood.

Keywords: Blank checks; Initial public offering; IPO survival; M&A; SPACs; Specified purpose acquisition companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G14 G24 G30 G32 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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