mergers and acquisitions. In this paper we show that a knowledge-based firm's probability of being a takeover target is … firm's assets in the spirit of the Grossman-Hart-Moore incomplete contracts theory of the firm. This approach highlights … manager owner significantly decreases that firm's probability of being a takeover target. …

comparable firms. We develop a theory of buyouts in oligopolistic markets that explains these facts. Private equity firms are …

regulatory capital and subsequent merger activity, including organization and time fixed effects, while the second test employs a … " difference in difference" analysis of the change in merger activity that occurred the last time U.S. regulatory capital standards …

syndicate, and have a higher rate of merger success. Also, the founders of shipping SPACs tend to be, on average, younger than … listing and receiving SPAC’s cash. The fact that some SPACs in our sample went private soon after the merger makes us believe …

In a cross-border takeover, the tax base associated with future capital gains is transferred from target shareholders …