Valuation Effects of Institutional Ownership: the Case of Corporate Takeovers

24 Pages Posted: 22 Feb 2006

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Antonios Antoniou

Wealth Associates

George Alexandridis

ICMA Centre, Henley Business School

Huainan Zhao

Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics

Abstract

We examine the relation between the degree of short sale constraints for acquiring firms' equity and post takeover stock performance. We find that negative long-run abnormal returns appear to decline (in economic and statistical terms) as the extent and persistence of institutional block-holder ownership increase, after accounting for the size, book-to-market and method of payment effects. In the spirit of Miller (1977), such evidence implies that the degree of short sale constraints serves as an important determinant of acquiring firms' short-run overpricing. It appears that the presence of concentrated institutional presence mitigates and in most cases eliminates, through effective arbitrage, any short-run overpricing that may be responsible for the long-run underperformance of acquirers, preserving in this way efficiency in the takeover markets.

Keywords: short sale constraints, institutional ownership, mergers and acquisitions, long-term wealth effects

JEL Classification: G14, G23, G34

Suggested Citation

Antoniou, Antonios and Alexandridis, George and Zhao, Huainan, Valuation Effects of Institutional Ownership: the Case of Corporate Takeovers. Cass Business School Research Paper, CfERF Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=884247 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.884247

Antonios Antoniou

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George Alexandridis (Contact Author)

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Huainan Zhao

Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics ( email )

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