We provide a comprehensive examination of shareholder resolutions to rescind poison pills.
We find that pill rescission proposals are more frequent the more negative the market …

The objective of this study is to analyse the effect that consumer restaurant experience (CREp)
dimensions have on electronic word of mouth (eWOM) motivations of consumers in the …

Situations in which a firm is taken over by another and then subsequently spun off are of
interest, because it is not clear whether the spin off is the reversal of a bad decision or the …

Previous research on acquisitions has found announcement returns for acquirers to be
affected by a number of factors; most prominent being the size of the acquirer, the method of …

Previous studies of firms with two classes of stock find a price premium for the class with
superior voting rights over the restricted voting rights shares. This premium changes over time …

Studies of firms with two classes of shares report a price premium for the class with superior
voting rights over the restricted voting rights shares. Earlier studies have shown that the …

We provide evidence on the incidence and effectiveness of shareholder monitoring by
examining shareholder proposals to rescind poison pills. Our research indicates that …

We find a significant difference in the structure of compensation between firms that adopt a
poison pill and firms that do not. Prior to the adoption of the pill, the pill firms have similar …

These “Refereed American Proceedings” contain papers that have been accepted (after
anonymous reviews and their subsequent revisions by author (s) for presentation at the 17th …

Quite often, the market value of a firm in parts exceeds its value as a single entity. The
maximum value can be attained in such instances, by splitting the firm up. We observe several …