minority shareholders. While a freeze-out executed as a statutory merger is subject to stringent entire fairness review, the … shareholders, on average, when it uses a tender offer compared to a merger. This difference between tender offers and mergers seems …-thirds of post-Siliconix freeze-outs still proceed through the traditional merger route. I present some evidence that …

This study analyzed activism that leads to a merger or acquisition (M&A) of a firm to see its benefits for the …

that have occurred throughout the world from 1997 to 2018. This data is sourced from the Zephyr database, which includes …

A great merger wave occurring in the United States between 1897 and 1903 was the single most important event in a … dispersed share ownership. The merger wave of 1897 to 1903 illustrates that surges in demand for shares founded upon optimistic …

degree of media coverage, positive and negative media coverage) and various takeover characteristics. We find that media … coverage is negatively associated with the takeover premium. This holds for both positive and negative media coverage. Thus, no … news is good news in terms of achieving a higher takeover premium. The method of payment shows an ambiguous relation with …

I analyze the acquirers in both withdrawn and completed merger deals to disentangle the effects of signaling from those … withdrawn counterparts over the six months following initial announcement. However, if an announced stock merger later falls …