Corporate takeovers : causes and consequences / edited by Alan J. Auerbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Auerbach, Alan J.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Project report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consolidation and merger of corporations--Congresses.

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Congresses.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.

Contents:

The impact of firm acquisitions on labor / Charles Brown, James L. Medoff

Breach of trust in hostile takeovers / Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers

The effect of takeover activity on corporate research and development / Bronwyn H. Hall - Characteristics of targets in hostile and friendly takeovers / Randall Morck, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny

Do target shareholders lose in unsuccessful control contests? / Richard S. Ruback

The effects of taxation on the merger decision / Alan J. Auerbach, David Reishus

Share repurchases and acquisitions / Laurie Simon Bagwell, John B. Shoven

Means of payment in takeovers / Julian R. Franks, Robert S. Harris, Colin Mayer

A time series analysis of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. economy / Devra L. Golbe, Lawrence J. White

Panel discussion : corporate takeovers and public policy / Joseph A. Grundfest ... [et al.].

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in Feb. 1987 in Key Largo.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0226032116

OCLC:

17300965