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J. Becker-Blease, L. Goldberg and F. Kaen, “Mergers and Acquisitions as a Response to the Deregulation of the Electric Power Industry: Value Creation or Value Destruction?” Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2008, pp. 21-53. doi:10.1007/s11149-007-9047-7

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• TITLE: Beginning Consolidation in the Renewable Energy Industry and Bidders’ M & A-Success

  AUTHORS: Sebastian Eisenbach, Christoph Ettenhuber, Dirk Schiereck, Paschen von Flotow

  KEYWORDS: Mergers and Acquisitions, Event Study, Bidder Performance, Renewable Energy Industry, Financial Crisis

  JOURNAL NAME: Technology and Investment, Vol.2 No.2, June 3, 2011

  ABSTRACT: In this paper we examine stock price reactions to mergers and acquisitions in a particular industry, the renewable energy industry. We focus on acquirers and document positive abnormal returns on a sample of 337 completed M&A-transactions announced during 2000 to 2009. We show that acquirer size, market-to-book ratio and deals announced in the recent financial crisis negatively correlate with acquirer returns. Acquirers from outside the renewable industry tend to earn positive abnormal results