Author: Luc Renneboog
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: pricing, asset, finance, corporate, advances
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 2006-04-26
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0444527230
ISBN-13: 9780444527233

1. Introduction (L. Renneboog) Part 1: Corporate restructuring 2. Mergers and acquisitions in Europe (M. Martynova, L. Renneboog). 3. The performance of acquisitive companies in the US (K. Cools, M. v.d. Laar). 4. The announcement effects and long-run stock market performance of corporate spin-offs: The international evidence (C. veld, Y. Veld-Merkoulova). 5. The competitive challenge in banking (A Boot, A. Schmeits). 6. Consolidation of the European banking sector: Impact on innovation (H. Degryse, S. Ongena, M.F. Penas). Part II: Corporate governance 7. Transatlantic corporate governance ref

Authors:Greg N. Gregoriou, Luc Renneboog,
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: quantitative, analysis, finance, research, recent, mergers, acquisitions, activity, international
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-05-25
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0750682892
ISBN-13: 9780750682893

It is now a well-know fact that mergers and acquisitions activity comes in waves. The most recent wave, the 5th takeover wave of the 1990s, was characterized by an unprecedented number of corporate restructurings in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), public-to-private transactions, spin-offs and divestitures, and leveraged recapitalizations. Following the collapse of the stock market in March 2000, M&A activity slumped dramatically, but this pause ended in the second half of 2004 when takeover deals occurred again quite frequently. Indeed, some observers wonder whether the 6th t

Authors:Luis Correia da Silva, Marc Goergen, Luc Renneboog,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: governance, corporate, policy, dividend
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2004-05-06
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0199259305
ISBN-13: 9780199259304

Dividends are not only a signal about a firm’s prospects under asymmetric information, but they can also act as a corporate governance device to align the management’s interests with those of the shareholders. Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance is the first comprehensive volume on the relationship between dividend policy and corporate governance, and examines in detail empirical studies and current theories. Reviewing the interactions between dividend policy and other corporate governance mechanisms, it compares results for the UK and the US with those for other countries su