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Mike Burkart

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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London, EC1V 3PZ

United Kingdom

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Belgium

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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

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  • London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Finance

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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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Citation 30

Abstract:

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

2.

Takeovers

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Citation 25

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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Citation 25

Abstract:

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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Citation 25
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Takeovers, free-rider problem, efficiency of control transfers

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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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Citation 18

Abstract:

takeover regulation, mandatory bid, squeeze-out, sell-out, minority shareholder protection

4.

Family Firms

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Citation 188

Family Firms

FEEM Working Paper No. 74.2002; Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1944
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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Citation 188

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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
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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Citation 188

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Family Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3235
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

Journal of Finance, Vol. 58, pp. 2167-2202, October 2003
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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5.

European Takeover Regulation

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Citation 30

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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Citation 30

Abstract:

Takeover regulation, corporate governance, European Union, corporate law

European Takeover Regulation

Economic Policy, Vol. 36, 2003
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

Abstract:

Takeover regulation, corporate governance, European Union, corporate law

6.

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

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Citation 58

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
Mariassunta Giannetti, Mike Burkart and Tore Ellingsen
Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Citation 58

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Trade credit, contract theory, collateral, moral hazard

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

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4823
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Apr 2005
Mike Burkart, Mariassunta Giannetti and Tore Ellingsen
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
Mariassunta Giannetti, Mike Burkart and Tore Ellingsen
Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics

Abstract:

Trade credit, contract theory, collateral, moral hazard

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Minority Blocks and Takeover Premia

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Citation 6

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, London Business School and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Citation 6

Abstract:

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, London Business School 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, London Business School and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

Abstract:

Takeover Premia, ownership concentration, free-rider problem

8.

Activist Funds, Leverage, and Procyclicality

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Citation 1

Activist Funds, Leverage, and Procyclicality

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 429/2014, Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 14-10
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2015
Mike Burkart and Amil Dasgupta
Swedish House of Finance and London School of Economics (LSE)
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Citation 1

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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

9.

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

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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: 71 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2017
Mike Burkart, Salvatore Miglietta and Charlotte Ostergaard
Swedish House of Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance and BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Finance
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Boards, Corporate Governance, Authority Allocation, Private Contracting

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
Mike Burkart, Salvatore Miglietta and Charlotte Ostergaard
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

10.

In-Kind Finance

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Citation 67

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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Citation 67

Abstract:

credit rationing, trade credit, input monitoring

In-Kind Finance

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3536
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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Citation 67
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Credit rationing, trade credit, input monitoring

11.

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

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Citation 1

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
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb, Holger M. Mueller and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, INSEAD, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

Abstract:

legal investor protection, takeover, takeover outcome, corporate control

Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 May 2011
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb, Holger M. Mueller and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, INSEAD, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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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
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb, Holger M. Mueller and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, INSEAD, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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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
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb, Holger M. Mueller and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, INSEAD, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8397
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2011
Mike Burkart, Denis Gromb, Holger M. Mueller and Fausto Panunzi
Swedish House of Finance, INSEAD, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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corporate control, efficiency, investor protection, takeovers

12.

Performance Pay, CEO Dismissal and the Dual Role of Takeovers

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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: 09 Oct 2015
Mike Burkart and Konrad Raff
Swedish House of Finance and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
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Abstract:

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

13.

Smart Buyers

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Citation 3

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: 14 Jun 2016
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Downloads 190 (133,513)
Citation 3

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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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Citation 3

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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

14.

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
Downloads 183 (108,428)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Tender Offers, Investor Activism, Signaling, Free-Rider Problem, Means of Payment, Unbundling Ownership and Control, Empty Voting

15.

Club-in-The-Club: Reform Under Unanimity

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 149/2007
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2009
Erik Berglöf, Mike Burkart, Guido Friebel and Elena Paltseva
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)
Downloads 167 (147,180)
Citation 2

Abstract:

organizations, public goods, EU integration

16.

Hedge Fund Activism vs. Hostile Takeover Bids

Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 15-04
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2015
Mike Burkart and Samuel Lee
Swedish House of Finance and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
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Hedge fund activism, hostile tender offers, free-rider problem, blockholders, market for corporate control, empty voting, one-share-one-vote

17.

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 Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Citation 3

Abstract:

Club Theory, Incomplete Contracts, Reform Incentives, Governance

18.

Agency Conflicts, Ownership Concentration, and Legal Shareholder Protection

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Citation 24

Agency Conflicts, Ownership Concentration, and Legal Shareholder Protection

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2708
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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Citation 24
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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

Abstract:

Ownership concentration, legal protection, agency conflicts

19.

Widening and Deepening: Reforming the European Union

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6672
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Erik Berglöf, Mike Burkart, Guido Friebel and Elena Paltseva
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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Citation 1
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Club-in-the-club, Reform, Resistance to change, Unanimity

20.

Signaling in Tender Offer Games

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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

Abstract:

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

21.

Security-Voting Structure and Bidder Screening

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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

Abstract:

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

22.

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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Abstract:

Capital structure, risk-taking

23.

One Share - One Vote: The Theory

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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

Abstract:

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

Abstract:

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24.

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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25.

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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26.

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, London Business School 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, London Business School and Bocconi University - Department of Economics

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