We examine how firms structure payout and debt commitments to address governance
weaknesses. Firms with severe agency conflicts precommit through a combination of …

Evidence has proved that family-controlled firms are prevalent in Malaysia and do exert
considerable economic power in the country. Two possible scenarios emerge when …

Based on the results, it shows that Malaysian family-controlled firms generally perform
valueenhancing corporate acquisitions at average accumulated abnormal returns of 0.6% at …

This study investigates whether Malaysian family-controlled firms create firm value when
undertaking corporate acquisitions and which family-specific traits determine this value …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test if relative asset purchase values (RAPVs) differ
between single-and dual-class purchasers (not) differentiated by family ownership for …

Objetivo: O objetivo desse trabalho é investigar o efeito do erro da previsão de analistas e
do gerenciamento de resultados no retorno anormal após a divulgacão das informações …

We test the implications of the misvaluation hypothesis (Shleifer and Vishny, 2003) for a
large sample of acquirers of private and public target firms. Consistent with the misvaluation …

“Selling to Buy: Asset Sales and Mergers and Acquisitions” Nathan P. McNamee Page 1 “Selling
to Buy: Asset Sales and Mergers and Acquisitions” by Nathan P. McNamee Submitted in …