Market Reactions and Information Spillovers in Bank Mergers: A Multi-Method Analysis of the Japanese Banking Sector
银行合并的市场反应与信息溢出:日本银行业的多方法分析
Major bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transform the financial market structure, but their valuation and spillover effects remain open to question. This study examines the market reaction to two M&A events: the 2005 creation of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group following the Financial Big Bang in Japan, and the 2018 merger involving Resona Holdings after the global financial crisis. The multi-method analysis in this research combines several distinct methods to explore these…