Management Optimism and Corporate Acquisitions: Evidence from Insider Trading

Management Optimism and Corporate Acquisitions: Evidence from Insider Trading

In this study we integrate evidence about managers' personal beliefs about their firms' prospects into an analysis of managerial decisions on acquisitions and takeover resistance. We examine insider trading (a proxy for personal beliefs) around significant corporate acquisitions and find l...

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Main Authors: BOEHMER, Ekkehart, Netter, Jeffry
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1997
Subjects:
Business
Corporate Finance
Finance and Financial Management
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4681
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199711/12)18:7/8%3C693::AID-MDE864%3E3.0.CO;2-0
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199711/12)18:7/8%3C693::AID-MDE864%3E3.0.CO;2-0

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