Lukas, Elmar; Reuer, Jeffrey J.; Welling, Andreas - In: European Journal of Operational Research 223 (2012) 1, pp. 256-263
This paper presents a valuation approach for merger and acquisition (M&A) deals employing contingent earnouts. It is argued that these transactions have option-like features, and the paper uses a game-theoretic option approach to model the value of such claims. More specifically, the paper...