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Poison or placebo? Evidence on the deterrence and wealth effects of modern antitakeover measures

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Comment, Robert
Schwert, G. William

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Volume (Year): 39 (1995)
Issue (Month): 1 (September)
Pages: 3-43
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  1. Malatesta, Paul H. & Walkling, Ralph A., 1988. "Poison pill securities : Stockholder wealth, profitability, and ownership structure," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1-2), pages 347-376, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Karpoff, Jonathan M. & Malatesta, Paul H., 1989. "The wealth effects of second-generation state takeover legislation," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 291-322, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Randall Morck & Andrei Shleifer & Robert W. Vishny, 1988. "Characteristics of Targets of Hostile and Friendly Takeovers," NBER Chapters, in: Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences, pages 101-136 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Sara B. Moeller & Frederik P. Schlingemann & Rene M. Stulz, 2004. "Wealth Destruction on a Massive Scale? A Study of Acquiring-Firm Returns in the Recent Merger Wave," NBER Working Papers 10200, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Pekka Hietala & Steven N. Kaplan & David T. Robinson, 2002. "What is the Price of Hubris? Using Takeover Battles to Infer Overpayments and Synergies," NBER Working Papers 9264, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Huizinga, Harry & Voget, Johannes & Wagner, Wolf, 2009. "International Taxation and Takeover Premiums in Cross-border M&As," CEPR Discussion Papers 7182, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Guhan Subramanian, 2004. "Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory, Evidence & Policy," Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series 1163, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Molin, Johan, 1996. "Optimal deterrence and inducement of takeovers: An analysis of poison pills and dilution," Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 102, Stockholm School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Matthew Higgins & Daniel Rodriguez, 2003. "The outsourcing of R&D through acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry," Emory Economics 0324, Department of Economics, Emory University (Atlanta). [Downloadable!]
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  11. Inderst, Roman & Wey, Christian, 2002. "The Incentives for Takeover in Oligopoly," CEPR Discussion Papers 3163, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Christopher C. Geczy & Bernadette A. Minton & Catherine Schrand, . "Choices Among Alternative Risk Management Strategies: Evidence from the Natural Gas Industry," Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers 28-99, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research. [Downloadable!]
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  17. G. William Schwert, 1999. "Hostility in Takeovers: In the Eyes of the Beholder?," NBER Working Papers 7085, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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