The Life Cycle Effects of Corporate Takeover Defenses
- 주제(키워드) 도움말 G34 , K22 , L14
- 발행기관 OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
- 발행년도 2021
- 총서유형 Journal
- 본문언어 영어
초록/요약 도움말
We document that the relation between firm value and the use of takeover defenses is positive for young firms but becomes negative as firms age. This value reversal pattern reflects specific changes in the costs and benefits of takeover defenses as firms age and arises because defenses are sticky and rarely removed. Firms can attenuate the value reversal by removing defenses, but do so only when the defenses become very costly and adjustment costs are low. The value reversal explains previous mixed evidence about takeover defenses and implies that firm age proxies for takeover defenses' heterogeneous impacts on firm value.
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