equity acquirers because, unlike public operating companies with managers in place, these acquirers have to find a CEO to run …

I study a protectionist anti-takeover law introduced in 2014 that covers a subset of all firms in the economy. The law … decreased affected firms' likelihood of becoming the target of a merger or acquisition and had a negative impact on shareholder … takeover market by increasing the pay-for-performance sensitivity …

We analyze the incentives of CEO inside debt in the form of pensions and deferred compensation in the context of merger … merger or acquisition activity. When firms with increasing levels of CEO inside debt decide to engage in an acquisition …

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 than call option trading before stock merger announcements. Overall, our results support the view that top …

Merger deals are one of the most important business strategies which can change the company value dramatically. Mergers … analyze merger activities during economic crisis periods, as it was in Greece recently. This paper explores the accounting … for one year before and after the merger. The analysis of Greek listed companies that comprise the final sample is …

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