Effects of merger and foreign alliance: An event study of the Canadian airline industry

Effects of merger and foreign alliance: An event study of the Canadian airline industry

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Article ID: iaor1998281
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 29
End Page Number: 42
Publication Date: Mar 1997
Journal: Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review
Authors: ,
Abstract:

This paper uses an event study methodology to investigate how investors have reacted to new information (events) affecting merger/foreign alliance possibilities in the Canadian airline industry for the 1992–1993 period. We find that news regarding the merger/foreign alliance possibilities had a significant impact on the stock prices of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International (CAI). Furthermore, shareholders of both airlines preferred an alliance between CAI and American Airlines to a merger between the two domestic carriers. However, the preference does not necessarily suggest an industrial structure based interpretation, with investors expecting greater profits under a duopoly with foreign alliance partners than under a likely domestic monopoly.

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