The Impact of Capital Structure Adjustment in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions on the Operating Performance of Chinese Listed Companies: Empirical Study Based on Ridge Regression
Xinzi Qing,
Ruitong Guo
Abstract:This research uses a sample of 44 Chinese listed companies that announced and completed cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2017 and builds a ridge regression model using indicators such as return on equity, asset-liability ratio and equity multiplier from 2016 to 2022 to explore the sustained impact of capital structure adjustments on their operating performance. We found that the adjustment of capital structure after cross-border M&A presents an N shaped relationship with operating perform… Show more
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