Rudolph, Christin; Schwetzler, Bernhard - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 40 (2014) C, pp. 420-431
The Berger and Ofek (1995) excess value measure, comparing a conglomerate’s actual market value to an imputed value based on standalones, has become the standard method to determine value effects of diversification. In this paper, we address a significant bias in this procedure stemming from...