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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
Robert F. Bruner
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads 11,108
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
Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 9,638
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
Marina Martynova and Luc Renneboog
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 7,813
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
Shahin Shojai
Capco Institute
Downloads 7,457
5.

The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
Stuart Gillan and Laura T. Starks
University of Georgia - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
Downloads 6,652
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
Robert F. Bruner
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads 6,143
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
Jonathan M. Karpoff
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads 5,456
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
Pablo Fernandez, Javier Aguirreamalloa and Luis Corres Avendaño
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, IESE Business School and IESE
Downloads 5,244
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
Nicholas T. Chan, Mila Getmansky, Shane M. Haas and Andrew W. Lo
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

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,665
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
Roberta Romano
Yale Law School
Downloads 4,540
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
Paul L. Davies, Edmund‐Philipp Schuster and Emilie van de Walle de Ghelcke
University of Oxford- Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law Department and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Downloads 4,320
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
John F. Coyle and Gregg D. Polsky
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads 4,173
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
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Downloads 4,093
14.

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
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Oliver Hart
Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Downloads 3,881
15.

Mergers & Acquisitions in Indian Banking Sector

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Nov 2012
Working Paper Series
Chirag Aggarwal, Rachit Sachdeva, Harjeet Singh and Neeraj Garg
University of Delhi, University of Delhi, University of Delhi and University of Delhi
Downloads 3,663
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
Tomas Simons and Luc Renneboog
McKinsey & Co. Inc. - Amsterdam Office and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 3,642
17.

Effect of Financial Crisis over Mergers and Acquisitions in GCC Countries

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Dr. Krishnamurthy Ravichandran
King Saud University
Downloads 3,250
18.

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
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Harvard Business School

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Downloads 3,245
19.

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
Robert F. Bruner
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Downloads 3,200
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
Christoph Van der Elst
Tilburg Law School
Downloads 3,016
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
Harpreet Singh Bedi
Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University
Downloads 2,771
22.

Two-Stage Spinoff Asset Impairment Theory

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Ted F. Azarmi and David Marutschke
University of Tuebingen and Soka University, Faculty of Business Administration
Downloads 2,751
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
Martijn Cremers and Allen Ferrell
University of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School
Downloads 2,738
24.

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
Brian R. Cheffins
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law

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Downloads 2,715
25.

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
Ronald J. Gilson and Jeffrey N. Gordon
Stanford Law School and Columbia Law School
Downloads 2,640
26.

Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
David Yermack
New York University (NYU) - Stern School of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,572
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
Malcolm P. Baker, Xin Pan and Jeffrey Wurgler
Harvard Business School, Harvard University and NYU Stern School of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,468
28.

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
Jie Cai and Ralph A. Walkling
Drexel University and Drexel University - Lebow College of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,198
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
Kenneth R. Ahern and Jarrad Harford
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Washington
Downloads 2,175
30.

Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
Jyothika Grewal, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 2,073
31.

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
Jack Bao and Alex Edmans
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads 2,066
32.

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
Leo E. Strine
Government of the State of Delaware - Supreme Court of Delaware

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,033
33.

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
Nicole M. Boyson and Robert M. Mooradian
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business and Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Finance Area
Downloads 2,031
34.

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
Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa
Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads 2,029
35.

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
William W. Bratton and Michael L. Wachter
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School - Institute for Law and Economics
Downloads 2,024
36.

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
Pablo Fernandez
University of Navarra - IESE Business School
Downloads 2,018
37.

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
Kenneth R. Ahern, Daniele Daminelli and Cesare Fracassi
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 2,016
38.

Fusioni orizzontali (Horizontal Mergers)

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 May 2013 Last Revised: 11 May 2018
Working Paper Series
Maria-Augusta Miceli
University of Rome
Downloads 1,953
39.

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in India

Corporate Law Advisor, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Sayantan Gupta
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, India
Downloads 1,929
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
Nisarg A Joshi and Dr.Jay Desai
Shri Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management & Research and B.K.School of Business Management, Gujarat University
Downloads 1,900
41.

Mergers in Indian Banking Sector Benefits and Motives

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
Akhil Bhan
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,871
42.

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
Lynn A. Stout
Cornell Law School - Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute
Downloads 1,843
43.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
Ian Appel, Todd A. Gormley and Donald B. Keim
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

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Downloads 1,810
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
C. N. V. Krishnan, Ronald W. Masulis, Randall S. Thomas and Robert B. Thompson
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 1,756
45.

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
Darren J. Kisgen, Jun Qian and Weihong Song
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Unaffiliated Authors - Independent
Downloads 1,685
46.

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
Peter Iliev, Karl V. Lins, Darius P. Miller and Lukas Roth
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

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Downloads 1,664
47.

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
George Alexandridis, Christos P. Mavis and Nickolaos G. Travlos
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and University of Surrey
Downloads 1,660
48.

Mergers & Acquisitions in Indian Banking Sector: Regulatory Issues & Challenges

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
Shail Shakya
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,649
49.

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
Paul Rose and Bernard S. Sharfman
Ohio State University - Moritz College of Law and R Street Institute
Downloads 1,640
50.

Operating Performance Improvements after Corporate Takeovers: Fact or Fallacy?

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 05 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
Amir Amel-Zadeh
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads 1,625