We use bivariate ARCH specifications to model the conditional mean and stock price volatility
for 56 takeover bids from January 1985 and July 1994. Using daily data from one year prior to the
takeover announcement until ...
This paper examines the relationship between the price bid for a takeover target, the probability of the bid succeeding and the target's price over the course of the bid. We test and reject Samuelson and Rosenthal's (1986) ...
The excess returns earned by takeover targets raises questions of efficiency in the market
for corporate control. Brown and Raymond and Samuelson and Rosenthal explain the target
share pricing process as a function of ...