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Nihat Aktas

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Professor of Finance

Burgplatz 2

Vallendar, 56179

Germany

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Event Study Under Noisy Estimation Period

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Event Study Under Noisy Estimation Period

EFMA 2003 Helsinki Meetings
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
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Event Study Under Noisy Estimation Period

EFMA 2003 Helsinki Meetings
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
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CEO Narcissism and the Takeover Process: From Private Initiation to Deal Completion

AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2012
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Helen Bollaert and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 1,095 (8,689)
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mergers and acquisitions, takeover process, CEO, narcissism, hubris, overconfidence

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The Emerging Role of the European Commission in Merger and Acquisition Monitoring: The Boeing / Mcdonnell Douglas Case #61623

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Aug 2000
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Michel Levasseur and André Schmitt
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, University of Lille II and University of Lille I
Downloads 1,032 (17,198)
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mergers and acquisitions, regulation costs, concentration control, event studies

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Corporate Serial Acquisitions: An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

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Corporate Serial Acquisitions: An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2008
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 528 (45,775)
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Learning, Hubris, CAR, M&A program, merger, acquisition

Serial Acquirer Bidding: An Empirical Test of the Learning Hypothesis

Paris December 2009 Finance International Meeting AFFI - EUROFIDAI, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 296 (91,835)
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Acquisitions program, Learning, Hubris, Bid premium

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Is European M&A Regulation Protectionist?

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Is European M&A Regulation Protectionist?

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 2318
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Jul 2004
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 739 (29,246)
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merger and acquisition regulation protectionism

Is European M&A Regulation Protectionist?

Economic Journal, Vol. 117, No. 522, pp. 1096-1121, July 2007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jul 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
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Legal Insider Trading and Market Efficiency

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 32, 2008
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Hervé Van Oppens
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Department of Business Administration (IAG) - Finance Unit
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Legal insider trading; Market efficiency; Order imbalance; Price discovery

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Learning, Hubris and Corporate Serial Acquisitions

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 May 2005
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 700 (28,595)
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hubris, learning, mergers and acquisitions, CEO, CAR

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Market Response to European Regulation of Business Combinations

UCLA Working Paper 12-01; EFMA 2002 London Meetings; EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 634 (34,707)
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Assessing the Power and Size of the Event Study Method Through the Decades

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
Downloads 477 (50,922)
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Event Study, Idiosyncratic Risk

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Negotiations Under the Threat of an Auction

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper, EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 98, pp. 241-245, 2010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 472 (53,421)
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Merger Negotiations, Latent Competition, Auction Costs, Bid Premium

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Probability of Informed Trading? Some Evidences Around Corporate Events

EFMA 2003 Helsinki Meetings
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Fany Declerck and Hervé Van Oppens
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, University of Toulouse 1 and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Department of Business Administration (IAG) - Finance Unit
Downloads 446 (54,152)
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probability of informed based trading, mergers and acquisitions, corporate events

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Value of Control in Family Firms: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

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Value of Control in Family Firms: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Oct 2015
Nihat Aktas, Santo Centineo and Ettore Croci
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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family firms, leverage, control motives, acquisitions

Value of Control in Family Firms: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 85-126, 2016
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Aug 2016
Nihat Aktas, Santo Centineo and Ettore Croci
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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family firms; leverage; control motives; acquisitions

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The Information Impact of the European Commission Interventions in the Field of Merger and Acquisition Monitoring: The Economics Behind Information Flow Coming to the Market

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 May 2001
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Michel Levasseur
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and University of Lille II
Downloads 399 (64,011)
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heterogeneity, flow of information, event studies, (G)ARCH

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Is Working Capital Management Value-Enhancing? Evidence from Firm Performance and Investments

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014
Nihat Aktas, Ettore Croci and Dimitris Petmezas
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
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Working Capital Management, Performance, Investment, Risk

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Legal Insider Trading and Stock Market Reaction: Evidence from the Netherlands

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/67
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Oct 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Jan de Smedt and Ilham Riachi
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, Belgium Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Insider Trading

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Do Financial Markets Care about SRI? Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
Downloads 327 (76,208)
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Socially responsible investments, merger and acquisition, event study, abnormal returns

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Is There Information Leakage Around Business Combinations on the French Market?

EFMA 2002 London Meetings
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Mar 2002
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Fany Declerck
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and University of Toulouse 1
Downloads 319 (74,468)
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Mergers and Acquisitions, hidden order, informed trading, bid-ask spread, information leakage

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MicroHoo: Deal Failure, Industry Rivalry, and Sources of Overbidding

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2014
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 317 (74,957)

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Merger theories, Abnormal returns, Irrational overbidding, Rational overbidding

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Learning from Repetitive Acquisitions: Evidence from the Time between Deals

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2012
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 303 (79,319)
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Acquisitions program, Learning, Integration costs, Time between successive deals

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Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

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Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Nov 2011
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Marieke Delanghe and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
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mergers and acquistions, regulation, protectionism

Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

29th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) 2012
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Oct 2012
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Marieke Delanghe and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
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Market Reactions to European Merger Regulation: A Reexamination of the Protectionism Hypothesis

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Feb 2012
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Marieke Delanghe and Richard Roll
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, Univ. Lille Nord de France - SKEMA Business School and California Institute of Technology
Downloads 58 (335,644)

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mergers and acquistions, regulation, protectionism, event study

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The Eads Take-Off: An Investigation Through Stock Markets' Reactions

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Mar 2004
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Laurent Liagre
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and University of Valenciennes
Downloads 238 (112,324)
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Mergers and acquisition, state ownership, event studies

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The Information Content of Trade Credit

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt, Frédéric Lobez and Jean-Christophe Statnik
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille, Université de Lille Nord de France – European Center for Corporate Control Studies and University of Lille II - University of Lille LSMRC & ISA
Downloads 204 (118,691)
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Trade credit, Signaling, Z-score, Long-run abnormal returns

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Corporate Governance and Takeover Outcomes

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Corporate Governance and Takeover Outcomes

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2015
Nihat Aktas, Ettore Croci and Serif Aziz Simsir
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Sabanci University
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Corporate governance, Takeover, Board of Directors, Blockholder, Activist investor, Product market competition, Labor market

Corporate Governance and Takeover Outcomes

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 242-252, 2016
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Nihat Aktas, Ettore Croci and Serif Aziz Simsir
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Sabanci University
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Corporate Governance, Takeover, Board of Directors, Blockholder, Product Market Competition

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Assessing the Power and the Size of the Event Study Method Through the Decades

Finance International Meeting AFFI-EUROFIDAI, Paris, December 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Dec 2007
Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Univ. Lille and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
Downloads 191 (127,898)
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event study, idiosyncratic risk

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Capital Structure Decisions of French Very Small Businesses

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Nihat Aktas, Ingrid Bellettre and Jean-Gabriel Cousin
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Université Lille Nord de France - ECCCS - LSMRC and Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC)
Downloads 170 (101,562)

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Very small businesses, capital structure, pecking order theory

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The Value Effect of Operational Hedging: Evidence from Foreign Takeovers

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2012
Nihat Aktas, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Junyao Zhang
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC) and SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus
Downloads 114 (125,070)

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Cross-border takeovers, Currency risk exposure, Abnormal returns

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Increased Entry Threat and Merger Activity

Forthcoming in Revue Finance
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Feb 2015
Nihat Aktas and Marion Dupire-Declerck
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Vlerick Business School
Downloads 66 (129,047)

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Competition, Import tariff reduction, Merger and acquisition, Abnormal return

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Credit Ratings and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 May 2018 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2018
Nihat Aktas, Nikolaos Karampatsas, Dimitris Petmezas and Henri Servaes
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and London Business School
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credit ratings, acquisition likelihood, acquisition announcement returns, downgrades

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Industry IPOs, Growth Opportunities, and Private Target Acquisitions

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2015
Nihat Aktas, Jean-Gabriel Cousin, Ali Ozdakak and Junyao Zhang
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC), WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus
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mergers and acquisitions, industry IPOs, underpricing, private targets

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Do Foreign Takeovers Affect Currency Risk Exposure?

29th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) 2012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Sep 2012
Nihat Aktas, Jean-Gabriel Cousin and Junyao Zhang
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC) and SKEMA Business School - Lille Campus
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Cross-border takeovers, Currency risk exposure, Abnormal returns

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What Drives the Takeover Process? New Evidence from the Inner Workings of Internal M&A Teams

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
Nihat Aktas, Audra L. Boone, Alexander Witkowski, Guosong Xu and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Advisors, Takeover Process, Deal Performance

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The Interplay of IPO and M&A Markets: The Many Ways One Affects the Other

Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of IPOs edited by Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jan 2017
Nihat Aktas, Christian Andres and Ali Ozdakak
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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IPO, M&A, exit strategies, underpricing, competition

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Credit Ratings: Do Fallen Angels Adjust Their CSR Engagement?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2018
Nihat Aktas, Nikolaos Karampatsas and Alexander Witkowski
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Credit Ratings, Investment Grade Status, Financial Constraint

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'She Is Mine': Determinants and Value Effects of Early Announcements in Takeovers

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2018
Nihat Aktas, Guosong Xu and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Early Announcement, Signal, Negotiation Frictions

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CEO Duality, Agency Costs, and Internal Capital Allocation Efficiency

Forthcoming, British Journal of Management
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2017
Nihat Aktas, Panayiotis C. Andreou, Isabella Karasamani and Dennis Philip
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Cyprus University of Technology, University of Central Lancashire and Durham University Business School
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CEO duality; Internal capital allocation; Investment efficiency; Agency costs; Board structure; Equity-based compensation

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Stock Market Development and the Financing Role of IPOs in Acquisitions

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 07 May 2018
Nihat Aktas, Kathleen Andries, Ettore Croci and Ali Ozdakak
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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stock market development, bank-based financial system, merger and acquisition, IPO, financial constraint

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CEO Overconfidence and the Value of Corporate Cash Holdings

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2017
Nihat Aktas, Christodoulos Louca and Dimitris Petmezas
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Cyprus University of Technology and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
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CEO overconfidence, value of cash, growth opportunities, financial constraints, underinvestment

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Executive Compensation and Deployment of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Working Capital

Paris December 2015 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2017
Nihat Aktas, Ettore Croci, Oguzhan Ozbas and Dimitris Petmezas
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
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working capital, executive compensation, bonus, financial constraint, takeover threat