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A Theory of the Role of Medium of Exchange in Mergers and Acquisitions

An acquisition bid is like any other proposal for risky investment. The difference arises due to additional source of risk arising from two different sources of information asymmetry due to private knowledge held by the bidder and target. We hypothesize that the bidding process evolves in a manner to optimize bidder's investment in the target through a process of joint signalling. Medium of exchange and bid premium are used as the two signal elements simultaneously by the bidder. We develop a multiple signalling model of the bidding process which is fully revealing in equilibrium.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc278630
Date05 1900
CreatorsTiwari, Rajesh Kumar
ContributorsSchutte, David P., Pavur, Robert J., Karafiath, Imre, 1955-, Monticino, Michael G.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 182 leaves: ill., Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Tiwari, Rajesh Kumar

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