Investors' activism and the gains from takeover deals

Guo, Jie (Michael) and Paudyal, Krishna and Utham, Vinay and Xing, Xiaofei (2020) Investors' activism and the gains from takeover deals. European Journal of Finance, 26 (1). pp. 64-83. ISSN 1351-847X (https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2019.1680407)

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Abstract

We examine whether activists add value to the shareholders of targets and their acquirers. Several findings emerge. First, acquirers of targets that have activists outperform acquirers of other targets in both the short and long term. Second, the premium received by the shareholders of targets is not affected by activism. Third, superior gains achieved by the acquirers of targets with activists are driven by non-cash deals, while the average target benefits more from cash deals.

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Guo, Jie (Michael), Paudyal, Krishna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-304X, Utham, Vinay and Xing, Xiaofei;
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