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On the behaviour of mergers and acquisitions in the eye of political cyclone: the case of Egypt

Abstract Since the global financial crisis in 2008, foreign direct investment (FDI) trend has been generally declining with the exception of 2011. Surprisingly, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) trend did not show this consistent downward trend; rather it has shown greater variability even its terms of direction. This study aims at providing some answers to these questions using data of M&A transactions from 2008 until 2014. The paper is divided into four sections. In addition to an introduction, section two gives a very brief exposition of the relevant literature. Section three analyzes the data and draws important observations and results. Finally section four concludes and gives some insights.