This paper discusses the purpose and practice of the mandatory bid rule in takeovers in the UK. A literature review looks at the impact of the mandatory bid rule in a takeover on both bidders and target companies. The origin and evolution of the mandatory bid rule in China are described and...

We study how macroeconomic, firm-level and higher-order uncertainty affects real corporate investment in firms with different levels of active and passive block ownership. Our ownership data are extracted from statutory SEC filings that block-holders are required to file indicating their active...