論文提要內容: 本研究參考學者Rhodes-Kropf and Viswanathan (2005)以及Shleifer and Vishny (2005)所發展的企業價值分解法,來檢視台灣併購活動(merger activity)中,是否存在較低成長機會價值的主併公司(acquirer)會併購較高成長機會價值的被併公司(target)。本研究以1997~ 2009年間公開發行的115組主被併公司為研究對象,將主被併公司之市價對帳面值之價差,分解為三個成份: 企業特性誤差、產業特性誤差及成長機會誤差。研究設計採用三種迴歸模式,分別納入歲稅後純益及負債比率的控制變數。將樣本分為純股票及混合交易兩組進行次樣本驗證。在軔度測試中,再將樣本依併購金額之四分位數分為四組次樣本,進行再驗證。 實證結果顯示,台灣併購活動中無論是全體樣本、純股票或混合交易、或依併購金額分組,皆可發現主併公司之成長機會誤差(價值)皆小於被併公司之成長機會誤差(價值),代表主併公司為尋求長期競爭優勢,會併購具未來成長機會的公司,以維持企業競爭力。
To test valuation errors affect merger activity, we base on 115 published merger companys from year 1997 to 2009 and refer to Rhodes-Kropf and Viswanathan (2005); Shleifer and Vishny (2005) develop a decomposition that breaks the market-to-book ratio (M/B) into three components: the firm-specific pricing deviation from short-run industry pricing; sector-wide, short-run deviations from firms’ long-run pricing; and long-run pricing to book. We find strong support for recent theories by which predict that misvaluation drives mergers. So much of the behavior of M/B is driven by firm-specific deviations from short-run industry pricing, that long-run components of M/B run counter to the conventional wisdom: Low long-run value to book firms buy high long-run value-to-book firms. Misvaluation affects who buys whom, as well as method of paymen to explain aggregate merger activity.