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Takeover defenses, golden parachutes, and bargaining over stochastic synergy gains: a note on optimal contracting

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  • Atreya Chakraborty
  • Abdikarim Farah
  • John Barkoulas

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We incorporate managerial risk aversion and stochasticity of takeover synergy gains into Harris' (Harris, E.G. 1990. Antitakeover measures, golden parachutes, and target firm shareholder welfare. Rand Journal of Economics 21, no. 4: 614-25. bargaining model for the coexistence of antitakeover defenses and golden parachutes in corporate charters. We show that: (i) it is not always optimal that the target-firm shareholders adopt antitakeover defenses, (ii) the size of the golden parachute is proportional to the riskiness of the synergistic gains, and (iii) the target-firm shareholders are unequivocally better-off with golden parachutes than takeover-contingent stock options.

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  • Atreya Chakraborty & Abdikarim Farah & John Barkoulas, 2008. "Takeover defenses, golden parachutes, and bargaining over stochastic synergy gains: a note on optimal contracting," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 273-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:14:y:2008:i:4:p:273-280
    DOI: 10.1080/13518470802041684
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