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Jiang, Wei, Li, Tao , Mei, Danqing and Thomas, Randall (2016) Appraisal : shareholder remedy or litigation arbitrage? Journal of Law and Economics, 59 (3). pp. 697-729. doi:10.1086/689578 ISSN 0022-2186.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1086/689578
Abstract
We present the first large-sample empirical study on the recent trends in the appraisal remedy—the right of shareholders of companies completing an eligible merger to petition the court for an improved price for their shares. Appraisal petitions have increased markedly over our sample from 2000 to 2014, and the composition of those bringing these suits has shifted from individual shareholders towards specialized hedge funds. Appraisal petitions are more likely to be filed against mergers with perceived conflicts of interest, including going-private, minority squeeze-outs, and acquisitions with low premiums, making them a potentially important governance mechanism. Appraisals yield sizable excess returns to the petitioners with an average annualized return of 32.9%, suggesting that appraisals also act as a litigation arbitrage. Finally, we explore the likely effects of two recent changes to the Delaware appraisal statute—regarding the minimum stake and interest payment—on the incentives to file appraisal petitions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hedge funds, Stockholders, Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Law and legislation | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Law and Economics | ||||||
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0022-2186 | ||||||
Official Date: | August 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 59 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 697-729 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1086/689578 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 October 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 August 2017 |
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