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Use of modern machine learning techniques to predict the occurrence and outcome of corporate takeover events

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Geha, Georges.
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Sloan School of Management. Master of Finance Program.
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David Jean Joseph Thesmar.
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The objective of this project is to use machine learning to predict the occurrence of corporate takeovers. The findings show that random forest yields the best predictions out-of-sample based on the area under the curve (AUC) metric. As such, 8 independent variables are considered statistically significant. A time series machine learning approach is also used at the end of the study to predict these events in 2019 based on each company's data from 2010 to 2018. Random forest is still determined as the model with the best out-of-sample performance. A strategy of investing equal amounts across the companies predicted to be takeover targets in 2019 based on the model yields a profit of 7.4%.
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Thesis: M. Fin., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Master of Finance Program, February, 2021
 
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Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
 
Date issued
2021
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130993
Department
Sloan School of Management
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Sloan School of Management. Master of Finance Program.

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