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Preemptive bidding, target resistance, and takeover premiums

Dimopoulos, Theodosios; Sacchetto, Stefano - 2011

This paper empirically evaluates two possible sources of large takeover premiums: preemptive bidding and target … resistance. We develop an auction model that features costly sequential entry of bidders in takeover contests and that … in the period 1988-2006. We find that target resistance is the main determinant of takeover premiums in 74% of successful …

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Serial Acquirer Bidding : An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

Aktas, Nihat - 2010

Recent academic studies indicate that acquirers' cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) decline from deal to deal in acquisitions programs. Does this pattern suggest hubristic CEO behaviors are significant enough to influence average CAR patterns during acquisitions programs? An alternative...

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Estimating Private Benefits of Control from Stock Price Changes Around the Announcement of Tender Offer Bid (TOB)

Suzuki, Kazunori - 2017

This research analyzes 262 cases of tender offer bid (TOB) in which the acquired companies were expected to remain listed after the deals, from among TOB deals conducted between 1990 and 2011, and estimates the value of private benefits of control in Japan based on the premiums paid relative to...

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Split-Award Procurement Auctions with Uncertain Scale Economies : Theory and Data

Anton, James J. - 2010

In a number of observed procurements, the buyer has employed an auction format that allows for a split-award outcome. We focus on settings where the range of uncertainty regarding scale economies is large and, depending on cost realizations, the efficient allocations include split-award outcomes...

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Information and Competition in U.S. Forest Service Timber Auctions

Athey, Susan; Levin, Jonathan - 2013

This paper studies the bidding behavior of firms in U.S. Forest Service timber auctions in 1976--1990. When conducting timber auctions, the Forest Service publicly announces its estimates of the tract characteristics before the auction, and each bidder additionally has an opportunity to inspect...

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