Board Overconfidence in Mergers &amp; Acquisitions: A Self-Attribution Bias

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Research 01 Jan 2016 Germany English Publisher:Academy of ManagementJournal:Academy of Management Proceedings, volume 2,016, page 18,240 (issn: 0065-0668, eissn: 2151-6561,

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Authors: Kind, Axel; Twardawski, Torsten;

doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2016.18240abstract

Board Overconfidence in Mergers & Acquisitions: A Self-Attribution Bias

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Past research investigating CEOs' biased attribution of causality in merger outcomes has shown that CEOs overestimate their skills gained through past acquisitions and decrease shareholder wealth i...

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