We derive discount rates for depreciation and amortization tax shields resulting from asset step-ups in corporate mergers and acquisitions. By assigning all relevant sources of uncertainty for such kind of tax shields and by accounting for corporate debt it is shown that for APV valuations r*, a...

This paper analyzes the performance consequences of employee stock options for a broad sample of firms during the period 1996-1999. Our tests are performed separately for the top 5 executives and all other employees. We estimate the expected level of option incentives based on each firm's...

Este artículo ofrece un panorama de la evolución de la actividad de fusiones y adquisiciones en el sector financiero europeo en el período transcurrido desde la introducción de la moneda única y analiza sus implicaciones sobre el grado de integración del sistema financiero europeo y sobre...

This paper looks at the reaction by industry insiders, industry analysts and competing firms to the announcement of M&As that took place in the European Union financial industry in the period 1998-2006. Analysts covering firms involved in an M&A transaction do not significantly alter their...

2003 was a good year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value creation of these 50 companies was €150,016 million. The companies that created most value for their shareholder were Siemens (€18,778 million), Telefonica (15,382) and BSCH (12,443). The...

We prove that in a world without leverage cost the relationship between the levered beta ( L) and the unlevered beta ( u) is the No-costs-of-leverage formula: L = u + ( u - d) D (1 - T) / E. We also analyze 6 alternative valuation theories proposed in the literature to estimate the relationship...

En 2008 (hasta el 17 de septiembre), la rentabilidad de la bolsa española fue -25,9%, y hubo nueve empresas (entre 125) con rentabilidad positiva. Las 125 empresas destruyeron valor para sus accionistas por importe de 267 millardos de euros. Considerando conjuntamente 2007 y 2008 (hasta el 17...

La destrucción de valor para los accionistas de las 125 empresas españolas del mercado continuo en 2007 fue €15 millardos en 2007 y €89 millardos en los 17 primeros días de 2008. Telefónica fue la que más valor creó para sus accionistas en 2007, seguida de Arcelor, Iberdrola, Acciona y...

2004 was a good year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value creation of these 50 companies was €42,880 million. It was not as good as 2003, however, when their value creation reached slightly over €160,000 million. The companies that created most...

This paper shows that ten methods of company valuation using discounted cash flows (WACC; equity cash flow; capital cash flow; adjusted present value; residual income; EVA; business's risk-adjusted equity cash flow; business's risk-adjusted free cash flow; risk-free-adjusted equity cash flow; and...