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This paper analyses lawsuits against shareholders' resolutions according to the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and the German Reorganisation Act (UmwG). A merger passed at the General Annual Meeting will not move forward as long as any lawsuit is pending with a court. In particular, mergers...
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movements, takeover regulation and offer premium and their combined impact on takeover success for a sample of 311 takeo-ver … runup for the takeover offers in our sample with an abnormal return of around 8%. Further, analysis of German takeover … offers is of particular interest as its takeover code contains a minimum bid requirement for control-taking offers …
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We analyze the effect of geographic proximity on individual investors’ portfolio choice. Using a unique data set which covers the common stockholdings of private households at regional banks in Germany, we document strong and consistent overinvestment in geographically close companies. Our...
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Motivated by the recent discussion of the declining importance of deposits as banks' major source of funding we investigate which factors determine funding costs at local banks. Using a panel data set of more than 800 German local savings and cooperative banks for the period from 1998 to 2004 we...
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In this paper, we investigate how bank mergers affect bank revenues and present empirical evidence that mergers among banks have a substantial and persistent negative impact on merging banks' revenues. We refer to merger related negative effects on banks’ revenues as dissynergies and suggest...
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In this paper, we examine the impact of mergers among German savings banks on the extent to which these savings banks engage in small business lending. The ongoing consolidation in the banking industry has sparked concerns about the continuous availability of credit to small businesses which has...
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