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We study announcement effects of cross-border acquisitions of private firms on short-term bidders’ stock market returns in the European Union. We assume that the development status of the target market and the governance within the bidder market make a difference. Investors of bidding companies react positively to private acquisition announcements in both China and the United States of America (US)...