Rosenkranz, Stephanie; Weitzel, Utz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We model takeovers as a bargaining process and explain termination fees for, both, the target and the acquirer, subject … to parties’ bargaining power and outside options. In equilibrium, termination fees are offered by firms with outside … options in exchange for a greater share of merger synergies. Termination fees decrease in firms’ bargaining power, and …