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Is Acquiring-Firm Shareholder Approval in Stock-for-Stock Mergers Perfunctory?

The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States*

New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

Who makes acquisitions? CEO overconfidence and the market's reaction☆

Is Acquiring-Firm Shareholder Approval in Stock-for-Stock Mergers Perfunctory?

Does diversification destroy value? Evidence from the industry shocks

An empirical analysis of the complementarities and substitutions between effects of ceo ability and corporate governance on socially responsible performance

Shareholder Value Creation in European M&As

Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches

Beyond the dark side of executive psychology: Current research and new directions

The Origin of Failure: A Multidisciplinary Appraisal of the Hubris Hypothesis and Proposed Research Agenda

On the value of restrictive covenants: Empirical investigation of public bond issues

Corporate Social Responsibility during COVID-19 Pandemic

Creditor control rights and firm investment policy☆

CEO overconfidence, CEO dominance and corporate acquisitions

Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches

Informed Trading in Stock and Option Markets

Corporate Governance and Merger Activity in the United States: Making Sense of the 1980s and 1990s

What are Borders Made of? An Analysis of Barriers to European Banking Integration

Bondholder Wealth Effects in Mergers and Acquisitions: New Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s

Minority Stockholders' Protection in a New Corporate Control Law: Market Implications in an Emerging Economy

Wealth creation versus wealth redistributions in pure stock-for-stock mergers1We are grateful to Tom Arnold, Sanjai Bhagat, James Bicksler, David Blackwell, Ekkehart Boehmer, Ted Bos, Robert Brokaw, Bill Carleton, Bob Comment, Chris Cornwell, Mary Dehner, Bob Eisenbeis, Jimmy Hilliard, Randy Howard, Steve Jones, Ed Kane, Josef Lakonishok, Larry Lang, Bill Lewellen, Marc Lipson, Paul Malatesta, Jeff Netter, Cathy Niden, Volker Pollmann, Annette Poulsen, Jay Ritter, Richard Ruback, Louis Scott, Joe Sinkey, Bill Schwert (the editor), Ralph Walkling (the referee), Ron Warren, J. Fred Weston, Karen Wruck, and seminar participants at the University of Arizona, the University of Delaware, the University of Illinois, the University of Georgia, the University of Miami, Seattle University, the 1995 European Finance Association, the 1996 Financial Management Association, and the 1996 American Finance Association meetings for their helpful comments and recommendations. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided for this project by the University of Georgia Research Foundation. Finally, Steve Henry, Rick McKinney, David Quillian, and Ryan Vaughn provided vital assistance with data collection and assisted with data input.1

Speculation or Insider Trading: Informed Trading in Options Markets Preceding Tender Offer Announcements