TY - JOUR T1 - Merger Arbitrage JF - The Journal of Alternative Investments SP - 17 LP - 32 DO - 10.3905/jai.2001.319007 VL - 4 IS - 2 AU - Taewon Yang AU - Ben S Branch Y1 - 2001/09/30 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/4/2/17.abstract N2 - While merger arbitrage has proven itself to provide valuable return to risk properties, academics have supported various theories as to the basis for merger activity and the returns derived from various forms of merger arbitrage. In this article, a wide range of academic articles which have explored the basis for as well as the performance of merger arbitrage are reviewed. ER -