PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Taewon Yang
AU  - Ben S Branch
TI  - Merger Arbitrage
AID  - 10.3905/jai.2001.319007
DP  - 2001 Sep 30
TA  - The Journal of Alternative Investments
PG  - 17--32
VI  - 4
IP  - 2
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/4/2/17.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/4/2/17.full
AB  - 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.