Table of Contents:
  • The impact of firm acquisitions on labor / Charles Brown, James L. Medoff
  • Breach of trust in hostile takeovers / Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers
  • The effect of takeover activity on corporate research and development / Bronwyn H. Hall - Characteristics of targets of hostile and friendly takeovers / Randall Morck, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny
  • Do target shareholders lose in unsuccessful control contests? / Richard S. Ruback
  • The effects of taxation on the merger decision / Alan J. Auerbach, David Reishus
  • Share repurchases and acquisitions / Laurie Simon Bagwell, John B. Shoven
  • Means of payment in takeovers / Julian R. Franks, Robert S. Harris, Colin Mayer
  • A time-series analysis of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. economy / Devra L. Golbe, Lawrence J. White
  • Panel discussion : corporate takeovers and public policy / Joseph A. Grundfest ... [et al.].