Mike Burkart

Swedish House of Finance

Drottninggatan 98

111 60 Stockholm

Sweden

London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Finance

Professor

Houghton Street

London, WC2A 2AE

United Kingdom

Finance Theory Group (FTG)

United States

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Research Fellow

London

United Kingdom

http://www.cepr.org/default_static.htm

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Research Associate

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium

Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat

1000 Brussels

Belgium

http://www.ecgi.org

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Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

The One Share - One Vote Debate: A Theoretical Perspective

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 176/2007
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 01 Jun 2007
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Security-Voting Structure, Market for Corporate Control, Controlling Minority Shareholders, Shareholder Activism

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Mandatory Bids, Squeeze-Out, Sell-Out and the Dynamics of the Tender Offer Process

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 10/2003
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Jul 2003
Mike Burkart and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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takeover regulation, mandatory bid, squeeze-out, sell-out, minority shareholder protection

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Citation 16

Takeovers

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 118/2006
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2006
Mike Burkart and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Takeovers, free-rider problem, efficiency of control transfers

Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5572
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jun 2006
Mike Burkart and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Takeovers, free-rider problem, efficiency of control transfers

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Citation 275

Family Firms

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Feb 2002
Fausto Panunzi, Mike Burkart and Andrei Shleifer
Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Family Firms, Legal Protection, Corporate Governance

Family Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w8776
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Mike Burkart, Fausto Panunzi and Andrei Shleifer
Swedish House of Finance, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Family Firms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Mar 2002
Mike Burkart, Fausto Panunzi and Andrei Shleifer
Swedish House of Finance, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Corporate governance, law and finance

Family Firms

Posted: 18 Oct 2003
Mike Burkart, Fausto Panunzi and Andrei Shleifer
Swedish House of Finance, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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European Takeover Regulation

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Jul 2003
Erik Berglöf and Mike Burkart
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Swedish House of Finance
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Takeover regulation, corporate governance, European Union, corporate law

European Takeover Regulation

Posted: 15 Jul 2003
Erik Berglöf and Mike Burkart
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Swedish House of Finance

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Takeover regulation, corporate governance, European Union, corporate law

Why Do Boards Exist? Governance Design in the Absence of Corporate Law

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12147
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Jul 2017
Swedish House of Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance and BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance
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authority allocation, Boards, corporate governance, private contracting

Why Do Boards Exist? Governance Design in the Absence of Corporate Law

Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 17-8, 12th Annual Mid-Atlantic Research Conference in Finance (MARC), 2nd Annual Financial Institutions, Regulation and Corporate Governance Conference, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 504/2017
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2021
Swedish House of Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance and BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance
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Board roles, mediation, conflicts of interest, ownership structure, voting, authority

What You Sell is What You Lend? Explaining Trade Credit Contracts

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings, ECGI - Finance Research Paper No. 71/2005
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Nov 2004
Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Trade credit, contract theory, collateral, moral hazard

What You Sell is What You Lend? Explaining Trade Credit Contracts

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Apr 2005
Swedish House of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Moral hazard, trade credits, collateral, contract theory

What You Sell is What You Lend? Explaining Trade Credit Contracts

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Mar 2008
Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics

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Trade credit, contract theory, collateral, moral hazard

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Citation 13

Minority Blocks and Takeover Premia

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 96/2005
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Sep 2005
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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corporate governance, ownership structure, takeovers, minority blockholder, post-takeover share value

Minority Blocks and Takeover Premia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5240
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Oct 2005
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Large shareholder, takeover premia

Minority Blocks and Takeover Premia

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 162, No. 1, pp. 32-49, 2006
Posted: 01 Mar 2006
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

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Takeover Premia, ownership concentration, free-rider problem

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Citation 9

Activism and Takeovers

Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 15-04, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 543/2018
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2020
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Hedge fund activism, takeover activism, merger activism, hostile takeovers, tender offers, market for corporate influence, market for corporate control, blockholders

Activism and Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12616
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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blockholders, Free-rider problem, hedge fund activism, M&A, market for corporate control, takeover activism, tender offers

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Competition for Flow and Short-Termism in Activism

Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 429/2014, Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 14-10
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2020
Mike Burkart and Amil Dasgupta
Swedish House of Finance and London School of Economics (LSE)
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blockholder monitoring, activist hedge funds, competition for flow, corporate governance, delegated portfolio management

Why is Hedge Fund Activism Procyclical?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9409
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Apr 2013
Mike Burkart and Amil Dasgupta
Swedish House of Finance and London School of Economics (LSE)
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Career concerns, Corporate governance, Hedge funds, Shareholder activism

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Club-in-The-Club: Reform Under Unanimity

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 149/2007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2018
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science, Swedish House of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt and Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE)
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organizations, public goods, EU integration

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Signaling to Dispersed Shareholders and Corporate Control

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 431/2014
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2015
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Tender Offers, Investor Activism, Signaling, Free-Rider Problem, Means of Payment, Unbundling Ownership and Control, Empty Voting

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Citation 15

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2013/30/FIN
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 May 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2013
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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legal investor protection, takeover, takeover outcome, corporate control

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 May 2011
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Takeovers, Legal Investor Protection

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Takeovers, Financial Constraints, Legal Investor Protection

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

NBER Working Paper No. w17010
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 May 2011 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8397
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2011
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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corporate control, efficiency, investor protection, takeovers

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LBO Financing

Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 20-9, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper 698/2020
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2023
Mike Burkart, Samuel Lee and Henrik Petri
Swedish House of Finance, Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and University of Bath
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Leveraged buyouts, bootstrap acquisitions, tender offers, free-rider problem, debt overhang, private equity

The Social Value of Debt in the Market for Corporate Control

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15249
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Mike Burkart, Samuel Lee and Henrik Petri
Swedish House of Finance, Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and University of Bath
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Debt Financing, Debt overhang, Equity Dilution, free-riding, tender offers

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Equity Issuance Methods and Dilution

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 636/2019
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2021
Mike Burkart and Hongda Zhong
Swedish House of Finance and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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Rights offerings, Public offerings, Asymmetric Information, Winner Curse

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In-Kind Finance

Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics, Discussion Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Oct 2002
Mike Burkart and Tore Ellingsen
Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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credit rationing, trade credit, input monitoring

In-Kind Finance

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Oct 2002
Mike Burkart and Tore Ellingsen
Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Credit rationing, trade credit, input monitoring

Performance Pay, CEO Dismissal and the Dual Role of Takeovers

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 3212011
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2019
Mike Burkart and Konrad Raff
Swedish House of Finance and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
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Takeover, Board Interference, CEO Turnover, Compensation

Performance Pay, CEO Dismissal, and the Dual Role of Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8794
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Mike Burkart and Konrad Raff
Swedish House of Finance and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
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Board Interference, CEO Turnover, Compensation, Takeover

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Smart Buyers

LSE FMG Discussion Paper No. 696, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 326/2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2019
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Bilateral trade, asymmetric information, royalties, cash-equity offers, security design, contingent value rights, commissions, lemons problem

Smart Buyers

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31454
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Smart Buyers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8774
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Asymmetric Information, Bilateral trade, Cash-Equity Offers, Commissions, Contingent Value Rights, Debt-Equity Swaps, Lemons Problem, Royalties

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Club Enlargement: Early Versus Late Admittance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Dec 2000
Mike Burkart and Klaus Wallner
Swedish House of Finance and Oregon State University - Department of Applied Economics
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Club Theory, Incomplete Contracts, Reform Incentives, Governance

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Risk and Leverage Choices in Owner-Controlled Firms

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2017
Mike Burkart, Pavle Radicevic and Jin Yu
Swedish House of Finance, UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance and Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance
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Capital structure, risk-taking

Agency Conflicts, Ownership Concentration, and Legal Shareholder Protection

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Mar 2001
Mike Burkart and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Corporate governance, law and finance, ownership structure

Agency Conflicts, Ownership Concentration, and Legal Shareholder Protection

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-31, 2006
Posted: 01 Mar 2006
Mike Burkart and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

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Ownership concentration, legal protection, agency conflicts

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Widening and Deepening: Reforming the European Union

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6672
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science, Swedish House of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt and Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE)
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Club-in-the-club, Reform, Resistance to change, Unanimity

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Signaling in Tender Offer Games

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7938
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Jul 2010
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Free-Rider Problem, Means of Payment, Restricted Bids, Signaling, Two-dimensional Types

Signaling in Tender Offer Games

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper, FMG Discussion Paper No. 655
Posted: 13 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2013
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

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Signaling, Free-Rider Problem, Means of Payment, Restricted Bids, Two-dimensional Types

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Equity Issue Methods and Dilution

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14130
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Dec 2019
Mike Burkart and Hongda Zhong
Swedish House of Finance and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Security-Voting Structure and Bidder Screening

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6241
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 May 2008
Christian At, Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Université de Franche-Comté - CRESE, Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Dual-class share structure, free-rider behaviour, tender offer

Security-Voting Structure and Bidder Screening

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2010
Christian At, Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Université de Franche-Comté - CRESE, Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

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Tender offers, free-rider problem, one share - one vote

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One Share - One Vote: The Theory

Review of Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 11 Mar 2008
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

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Security-Voting Structure, Market for Corporate Control, Controlling Minority Shareholders

One Share - One Vote: The Theory

Review of Finance, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 1-49, 2008
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

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In-Kind Finance: A Theory of Trade Credit

American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, June 2004
Posted: 04 Nov 2004
Mike Burkart and Tore Ellingsen
Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics

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Initial Shareholdings and Overbidding in Takeover Contests

JOURNAL OF FINANCE, Vol. 50 No. 5, December 1995
Posted: 22 Aug 1998
Mike Burkart
Swedish House of Finance

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Block Premia in Transfers of Corporate Control

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 1868
Posted: 18 Aug 1998
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

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Why Higher Takeover Premia Protect Minority Shareholders

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 106 No. 1, February 1998
Posted: 11 Apr 1998
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, HEC Paris and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

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