1.
Applied Mergers and Acquisitions
Robert F. Bruner, APPLIED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 31 May 2004
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads
11,242
2.
Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance in the United States
As published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, vol. 3, pp. 459-465, 1998
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 05 Dec 1997
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
9,816
3.
A Century of Corporate Takeovers: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Stand? (previous title: The History of M&A Activity Around the World: A Survey of Literature)
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2008, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 97/2005
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 06 Oct 2005
Last Revised: 10 Jan 2009
Accepted Paper Series
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads
8,008
4.
Economists' Hubris - The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions
Journal of Financial Transformation, Vol. 26, pp. 4-12, 2009
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 18 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 24 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Capco Institute
Downloads
7,482
5.
The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 28 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Georgia - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
Downloads
6,767
6.
Does M&A Pay? (Chapter 3)
Robert F. Bruner, APPLIED MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 14 Aug 2003
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads
6,212
7.
The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Target Companies: A Survey of Empirical Findings
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 01 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads
5,592
8.
El valor de las Acciones sin Voto: un caso real (The Value of Non-Voting Shares)
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 24 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, IESE Business School and IESE
Downloads
5,386
9.
Systemic Risk and Hedge Funds
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4535-05, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper, AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 111
Posted: 07 Mar 2005
Working Paper Series
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management - Department of Finance, AlphaSimplex Group, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Systemic Risk and Hedge Funds
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4535-05, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper, AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 111
Posted: 07 Mar 2005
Downloads
4,685
Systemic Risk and Hedge Funds
NBER Working Paper No. w11200
Number of pages: 109
Posted: 19 Apr 2005
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2010
Downloads
363
Downloads
4,685
10.
Less is More: Making Shareholder Activism a Valued Mechanism of Corporate Governance
Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 241; and Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-10; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ICF - 00-10
Number of pages: 142
Posted: 22 Jun 2000
Working Paper Series
Yale Law School
Downloads
4,560
11.
The Takeover Directive as a Protectionist Tool?
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 141/2010
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 01 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford- Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law Department and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Downloads
4,396
12.
Acqui-Hiring
Duke Law Journal, Vol. 63, p. 281, 2013, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2040924
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads
4,348
13.
The One Share - One Vote Debate: A Theoretical Perspective
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 176/2007
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 01 Jun 2007
Working Paper Series
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Downloads
4,154
14.
Mergers & Acquisitions in Indian Banking Sector
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 25 Nov 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Delhi, University of Delhi, University of Delhi and University of Delhi
Downloads
3,953
15.
Takeover Bids Vs. Proxy Fights in Contests for Corporate Control
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 04/2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 336
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 23 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 08 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Takeover Bids Vs. Proxy Fights in Contests for Corporate Control
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 04/2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 336
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 23 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 08 May 2009
Downloads
3,890
Takeover Bids vs. Proxy Fights in Contests for Corporate Control
NBER Working Paper No. w8633
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 06 Dec 2001
Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
Downloads
135
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3,890
16.
Public-to-Private Transactions: Lbos, Mbos, Mbis and Ibos
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 94/2005, CentER Discussion Paper No. 2005-98
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 05 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
McKinsey & Co. Inc. - Amsterdam Office and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads
3,663
17.
Deals from Hell: M&A Lessons that Rise Above the Ashes
Robert F. Bruner, DEALS FROM HELL: M&A LESSONS THAT RISE ABOVE THE ASHES, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 09 May 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads
3,318
18.
Effect of Financial Crisis over Mergers and Acquisitions in GCC Countries
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
King Saud University
Downloads
3,309
19.
Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns
Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 323-348, May 2013, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 667
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 14 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns
Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 323-348, May 2013, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 667
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 14 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Downloads
3,271
Learning and the Disappearing Association between Governance and Returns
NBER Working Paper No. w15912
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 26 Apr 2010
Downloads
230
Downloads
3,271
20.
Shareholder Rights and Shareholder Activism: The Role of the General Meeting of Shareholders
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 188/2012
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 08 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 02 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
Tilburg Law School
Downloads
3,113
21.
Merger & Acquisition in India: An Analytical Study
National Conference on Business Innovation conducted by Apeejay Institute of Management, Jalandhar-144001, Punjab, February 27, 2010
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 23 Aug 2010
Last Revised: 26 Aug 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University
Downloads
2,856
22.
The Agency Costs of Agency Capitalism: Activist Investors and the Revaluation of Governance Rights
Columbia Law Review, 2013 (Forthcoming), ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 197, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 438, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 130
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 31 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Columbia Law School
Downloads
2,776
23.
Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Firm Valuation
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 04 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School
Downloads
2,769
24.
Two-Stage Spinoff Asset Impairment Theory
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 17 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 08 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Tuebingen and Soka University, Faculty of Business Administration
Downloads
2,754
25.
Did Corporate Governance 'Fail' During the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 124/2009
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 04 May 2009
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Did Corporate Governance 'Fail' During the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 124/2009
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 04 May 2009
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
Downloads
2,726
Did Corporate Governance 'Fail' during the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500
Business Lawyer, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2009
Posted: 03 Feb 2010
Downloads
2,726
26.
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 18 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Stern School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 18 Mar 2010
Downloads
2,612
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance
Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 103-125, 2010
Posted: 12 Nov 2010
Downloads
2,612
27.
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2009
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School, Harvard University and NYU Stern School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2009
Downloads
2,491
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/28342
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Downloads
444
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
NBER Working Paper No. w15551
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2010
Downloads
44
Downloads
2,491
28.
Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 07 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 04 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Accounting Information & Management
Downloads
2,241
29.
The Importance of Industry Links in Merger Waves
Journal of Finance, 2014, vol. 69(2): 527-576.
Number of pages: 159
Posted: 14 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Washington
Downloads
2,224
30.
Shareholders' Say on Pay: Does it Create Value?
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, Drexel College of Business Research Paper No. 2008-06
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 20 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Drexel University and Drexel University - Lebow College of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Shareholders' Say on Pay: Does it Create Value?
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, Drexel College of Business Research Paper No. 2008-06
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 20 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009
Downloads
2,209
Shareholders' Say on Pay: Does it Create Value?
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 16 Feb 2009
Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009
Downloads
422
Shareholders' Say on Pay: Does it Create Value?
AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 25 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2011
Downloads
268
Downloads
2,209
31.
Liberbank: expropiación ilegal de €484 millones. (Liberbank: Preferred Without Preference. An Expropriation of About €484 Million)
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 29 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 24 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads
2,116
32.
Playing It Safe? Managerial Preferences, Risk, and Agency Conflicts
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 14 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 21 Jul 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads
2,114
33.
Do Investment Banks Matter for M&A Returns?
Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 2286-2315, July 2011, EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 21 Dec 2006
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Delaware - Department of Finance and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads
2,094
34.
Lost in Translation? The Effect of Cultural Values on Mergers Around the World
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 117, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads
2,087
35.
Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Activism
Review of Derivatives Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2011
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 21 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 04 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business and Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Finance Area
Downloads
2,059
36.
Fusioni orizzontali (Horizontal Mergers)
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 06 May 2013
Last Revised: 11 May 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Rome
Downloads
2,052
37.
The Case Against Shareholder Empowerment
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 158, p. 653, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-35, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 1480290
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 01 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School - Institute for Law and Economics
Downloads
2,051
38.
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Forthcoming, The Business Lawyer, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 794
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Government of the State of Delaware - Supreme Court of Delaware
There are 2 versions of this paper
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Forthcoming, The Business Lawyer, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 794
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
Downloads
2,049
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Business Lawyer, May 2015 Forthcoming , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-9
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2015
Downloads
275
Downloads
2,049
39.
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in India
Corporate Law Advisor, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 25 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, India
Downloads
1,977
40.
A Study of Mergers & Acquisitions in Aviation Industry in India and Their Impact on the Operating Performance and Shareholder Wealth
Emerging Markets: Finance eJournal, Vol. 4, Issue 39, April 09, 2012., Corporate Finance: Governance, Corporate Control & Organization eJournal , Vol. 4, Issue 63, April 05, 2012
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 19 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Shri Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management & Research and B.K.School of Business Management, Gujarat University
Downloads
1,942
41.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 01 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 15 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 01 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 15 Jul 2018
Downloads
1,936
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism
NBER Working Paper No. w22707
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 03 Oct 2016
Downloads
20
Downloads
1,936
42.
Mergers in Indian Banking Sector Benefits and Motives
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
1,877
43.
New Thinking on ‘Shareholder Primacy’
UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 11-04
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Cornell Law School - Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute
Downloads
1,858
44.
Shareholder Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions
18 Journal of Corporate Finance 1248 (2012), AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper, 6th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern Univ Law School 2011, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-23, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-37
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 09 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 05 May 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of New South Wales - Australian School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
1,786
45.
Mergers & Acquisitions in Indian Banking Sector: Regulatory Issues & Challenges
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
1,736
46.
How Have M&As Changed? Evidence from the Sixth Merger Wave
European Journal of Finance, Vol. 18, pp. 663-688, 2012
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 30 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and University of Surrey
Downloads
1,715
47.
Are Fairness Opinions Fair? The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions
AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 91, No. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 30 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 11 Sep 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Independent
Downloads
1,701
48.
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World
Review of Financial Studies, July 13, 2015, Volume 28, Issue 8
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 04 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 18 Nov 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance, University of Utah - Department of Finance, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department and University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis
There are 2 versions of this paper
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World
Review of Financial Studies, July 13, 2015, Volume 28, Issue 8
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 04 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 18 Nov 2015
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1,677
Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World
Review of Financial Studies, July 2015
Volume 28 Issue 8, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2015-501
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Downloads
104
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1,677
49.
Shareholder Votes and Proxy Advisors: Evidence from Say on Pay
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 16 Nov 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Accounting, Associate Professor and University of Zurich
There are 2 versions of this paper
Shareholder Votes and Proxy Advisors: Evidence from Say on Pay
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 16 Nov 2013
Downloads
1,654
Shareholder Votes and Proxy Advisors: Evidence from Say on Pay
Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 13-88
Posted: 28 Nov 2013
Downloads
1,654
50.
Shareholder Activism as a Corrective Mechanism in Corporate Governance
Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2014, No. 5, 2014, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 225
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 12 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 29 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio State University - Moritz College of Law and R Street Institute
Downloads
1,653
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