information about suitable merger targets and to manage the merged corporation in case of an acquisition. Our results show that … obtain high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. …

information about suitable merger targets and to manage the merged corporation in case of an acquisition. Our results show that … obtain high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. We derive conditions under …

power, but superior governance is associated with greater relatedness between the target and acquirer. We also find that the … effect of CEO power on a firm’s acquisition activity varies according to the source of that power. Our results suggest that … the relationships between governance, CEO power, and acquisition activity are complex …

firm does not boost the overall value of the merger transaction. -- Merger ; acquisition ; target CEO ; corporate …

overconfident female directors less overestimate merger gains. As a result, firms with female directors are less likely to make …

This paper analyzes informed trading in acquiring firms through (stock) merger announcements. We show that pre …-announcement abnormal option volumes in acquiring firms strongly increase ahead of a stock merger (by approximately 300%). Furthermore, we … abnormal put option trading before stock merger announcements. Overall, our results support the view that top executives have a …

This paper examines the mechanisms by which acquirer CEOs are incentivized and their impact on merger decisions. We … argue that the pre-merger structure of CEO wealth impacts a CEO's risk tolerance and ultimately her willingness to undertake … a merger as well as the framework of the deal. As the riskiness of CEO wealth increases (as measured by excess vega or …

-wide investor inattention when managers are attentive. During Ramadan, mainly Muslim investors are likely to be distracted while … mainly non-Muslim managers are likely to be attentive and potentially opportunistic. We formulate hypotheses to disentangle … opportunistic and non-opportunistic manager behavior. Our results support the distracted investors-opportunistic managers hypothesis …