Lakicevic, Milan; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Vulanovic, Milos - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2013
A Specified Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is formed to purchase operating businesses within a priori determined time period. SPACs existed in U.S capital markets since the 1920s. Their corporate structure has recently become debated in the legal and financial literatures, especially their...