The Determinants of Takeovers: Recent Evidence from U.S. Thrifts

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Fatma Cebenoyan

City University of New York, CUNY Hunter College - Department of Economics

A. Sinan Cebenoyan

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; Hofstra University - Frank G. Zarb School of Business

Elizabeth S. Cooperman

University of Colorado Denver

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Date Written: December 2002

Abstract

This paper uses a two-step methodology to examine the relationship between managerial cost inefficiency and the takeover of U.S. thrifts during a period of market liberalization and widespread takeover activity, 1994 to 2000. In the first stage using stochastic cost frontiers, we estimate controllable managerial cost inefficiency scores for all stock firms operating each year in 1994 to 2000. In a second stage, we use these scores to examine correlates of takeovers, focusing on cost inefficiency. For takeovers by banks, we find a significant negative relationship between cost inefficiency and takeover, suggesting an exit of more cost efficient firms from the thrift industry during this period. However, takeovers by thrifts are associated with other characteristics.

Keywords: Cost Inefficiency, Depository Institutions, Thrifts, Takeovers

Suggested Citation

Cebenoyan, Fatma and Cebenoyan, Ahmet Sinan and Cooperman, Elizabeth S., The Determinants of Takeovers: Recent Evidence from U.S. Thrifts (December 2002). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-02-058, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1294430

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