We provide large sample evidence on the causes and consequences of takeover rumors. 55.2% of non-completed M&A deals involve rumors while only 17.3% of completed deals involve them. Probit-regressions reveal that rumors are deal-breakers, reducing the likelihood of deal completion by 37-41%....

We examine an international sample of 68,044 completed, or envisaged but abandoned, M&A transactions involving unlisted targets to determine the effect of rumors on deal-closing propensity and transaction value. Our focus on non-listed targets leaves only two reasons for the emergence of M&A...

This working paper investigates the economic effects of guaranteed loans granted under the EU programmes MAP and CIP on SMEs' growth in Italy, the Benelux and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) from 2002 to 2016. In these macro-regions, the facilities supported 174,107...

This paper provides a policy-oriented summary of the econometric study commissioned by the European Court of Auditors, in the context of its audit of EU-funded loan guarantee instruments.2 The study assesses the real performance effects of EU-guaranteed loans to SMEs disbursed in France during...

In this paper we aim to empirically test the monitoring effect of Venture Capital financing on portfolio companies. Following Bernstein et al. (2015), we exploit the introduction of a new airline route between investor and investee locations as an exogenous shock lowering the cost of monitoring...

Policymakers around the world have created several schemes to support financially-constrained SMEs. However, whether these mechanisms improve the access to external sources of finance or on the contrary crowd out private players remains a relevant question. In this paper we study the...

We study how reverse and opportunistic electoral investments cycles affect the timing, characteristics and performance of governmental venture capital fund (GVC) investments. Consistently with the reverse electoral investment cycle, which characterizes private investment, GVCs on average...

This working paper investigates the economic effects of guaranteed loans granted under the EU programmes MAP and CIP on SMEs' growth in Italy, the Benelux and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) from 2002 to 2016. In these macro-regions, the facilities supported 174,107...

This paper provides a policy-oriented summary of the econometric study commissioned by the European Court of Auditors, in the context of its audit of EU-funded loan guarantee instruments.2 The study assesses the real performance effects of EU-guaranteed loans to SMEs disbursed in France during...