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White knights and the corporate governance of hostile takeovers
Calcagno, Riccardo; Falconieri, Sonia - 2008
We analyze the dynamics of takeover contests where hostile raiders compete against white knights involved by a lead … to set a minimum takeover price. We characterize the conditions under which a white knight wins the takeover contest … white knights as an anti-takeover device and the role played by leading minority blockholders in the market for corporate …
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The political economy of dominant investors
Perotti, Enrico C.; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - 2005
We allow the preference of a political majority to determine boththe corporate governance structure and the division of profits betweenhuman and financial capital. In a democratic society where financialwealth is concentrated, a political majority may prefer to restraingovernance by dispersed...
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White knights and the corporate governance of hostile takeovers
Calcagno, Riccardo; Falconieri, Sonia - 2008
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : the role of private equity firms
Humphery-Jenner, Mark; Sautner, Zacharias; Suchard, Jo-Ann - 2012
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Blockholder dispersion and firm value
Konijn, Sander J. J.; Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, André - 2009
This paper analyzes the impact of blockownership dispersion on firm value. Blockholdings by multiple blockholders is a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. market. It is not clear, however, whether dispersion among blockholder is preferable to having a more concentrated ownership structure. To test...
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Blockholder dispersion and firm value
Konijn, Sander J. J.; Kräussl, Romand; Lucas, André - 2009
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Mean and bold?
De Witte, Kristof; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2007
The Dutch drinking water sector experienced two drastic changes over the last 10 years. Firstly, in 1997, the sector association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly, merger activity arose. This paper develops a tailored...
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2008 - This version: January 2008
By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and cross-border mergers and acquisitions - M&As), we test two implications of Neary’s (2003, 2007) general oligopolistic equilibrium (GOLE) model (incorporating strategic interaction between firms in a general equilibrium...
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Cross-boarder mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2008
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Do firms or workers drive the foreign acquisition wage premium?
Rösch, Marcus; Gerritse, Michiel; Karreman, Bas; Oort, … - 2022
We decompose the wage premium after foreign acquisitions of Dutch domestic firms into the constituent firm- and worker-level premia. Firm-level premia grow up to 3.5%, accounting for the majority of the acquisition premium. Worker-level premia by contrast, grow up to 1% and only materialize with...
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