Leonce Bargeron

University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics

550 South Limestone

Lexington, KY 40506

United States

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Why Do Private Acquirers Pay so Little Compared to Public Acquirers?

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Why Do Private Acquirers Pay so Little Compared to Public Acquirers?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2007-03-011, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 171/2007, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2007-8
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Apr 2007
Leonce Bargeron, Frederik P. Schlingemann, René M. Stulz and Chad J. Zutter
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Private equity acquisitions, target abnormal returns

Why Do Private Acquirers Pay so Little Compared to Public Acquirers?

NBER Working Paper No. w13061
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2010
Leonce Bargeron, Frederik P. Schlingemann, René M. Stulz and Chad J. Zutter
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Mar 2008
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn and Chad J. Zutter
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Sarbanes-Oxley, Legislative policy, Corporate risk taking, Investment policy

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Does Target CEO Retention in Acquisitions Involving Private Equity Acquirers Harm Target Shareholders?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2012-03-026, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2012-26
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2017
Leonce Bargeron, Frederik P. Schlingemann, Chad J. Zutter and René M. Stulz
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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CEO retention, private equity acquisitions, mergers, acquisition premiums

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Accelerated Share Repurchases

AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010
Leonce Bargeron, Manoj Kulchania and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, Wayne State University - Finance Department and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Payout Policy, Accelerated Share Repurchase, Liquidity

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The Timing and Source of Long-Run Returns Following Repurchases

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Leonce Bargeron, Alice A. Bonaime and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Share repurchases, Long-run performance, Market efficiency

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Employee-Management Trust and M&A Activity

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2015
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn and Jared D. Smith
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management
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Mergers, Acquisitions

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Why Do Firms Disagree With Short Sellers? Managerial Myopia versus Private Information

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2019
Leonce Bargeron and Alice A. Bonaime
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics and University of Arizona
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Share repurchase, short selling, managerial myopia, informed trading, private information

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Do Shareholder Tender Agreements Inform or Expropriate Shareholders?

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2011
Leonce Bargeron
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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Tender offer, Merger, Asymmetric information, Certification, Bid premium

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Disagreement and the Informativeness of Stock Returns: The Case of Acquisition Announcements

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2012
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn, Sara B. Moeller and Frederik P. Schlingemann
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Disagreement, informativeness, acquisitions, implied volatility, uncertainty, bidder returns

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Returns Over the Life-Cycles of Open Market Repurchase Programs

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Leonce Bargeron, Alice A. Bonaime and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Payout policy, Share repurchases, Long-run performance

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Voluntary Disclosures Regarding Open Market Repurchase Programs

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2017
Leonce Bargeron, Alice A. Bonaime, Mei Feng and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Voluntary disclosure; Payout policy; Share repurchases; Payout flexibility

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Taxes, Investment, and Capital Structure: A Study of U.S. Firms in the Early 1900s

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Leonce Bargeron, David J. Denis and Kenneth Lehn
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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capital structure, taxes, investment

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What is the Shareholder Wealth Impact of Target CEO Retention in Private Equity Deals?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2017-03-004, Charles A Dice Center Working Paper No. 2017-4, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 510/2017
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 10 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2017
Leonce Bargeron, Frederik P. Schlingemann, Chad J. Zutter and René M. Stulz
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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conflicts of interest, private equity acquisitions, CEO retention, acquisition premiums, and mergers

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The Information Content of Shareholder Tender Agreements

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2012
Leonce Bargeron
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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Tender Offer, Takeover, Asymmetric Information

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Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

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Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Kenneth Lehn and Leonce Bargeron
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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limited liability

Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jul 2012
Leonce Bargeron and Kenneth Lehn
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Do Target CEOS Sell Out Their Shareholders to Keep Their Job in a Merger?

NBER Working Paper No. w14724
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2010
Leonce Bargeron, Frederik P. Schlingemann, René M. Stulz and Chad J. Zutter
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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