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Employing an instrumental variable approach based on the regulatory change of tick sizes, I examine the link between the liquidity of a firm's equity and activism by large shareholders. I find that liquidity increases the likelihood of block formation. Blockholders of more liquid securities take...
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We determine firms' equity ownership structures and provide a theory of hostile takeovers by distinguishing the roles …-cost free' capital is scarce. We investigate the allocation of this scarce resource. A hostile takeover is the consequence of a … investors. Even though all firms are ex ante identical, some may rely on the takeover mechanism while others rely on permanent …
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governance mechanisms, such as takeover threats, successfully influence managers facing reputational concerns, which may have a …
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participate in a takeover transaction at equal terms – affects target announcement returns. I use a difference …
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In this contribution, at first, we introduce a basic network framework to study pyramidal structures and wedges between ownership and control of companies. Then, we apply it to a dataset of 53.5 million of companies operating in 208 countries. Among others, we detect a strong concentration of...
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