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Takeovers and Divergence of Investor Opinion

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  • Sris Chatterjee
  • Kose John
  • An Yan

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We test several hypotheses on how takeover premium is related to investors' divergence of opinion on a target's equity value. We show that the total takeover premium, the pre-announcement target stock price run-up, and the post-announcement stock price markup are all higher when investors have higher divergence of opinion. We obtain identical results with higher market-level investor sentiment. When divergence of opinion is higher, a firm is less likely to be a takeover target, although takeover synergy in successful takeovers is higher. Our results suggest that takeovers may play a role in explaining high contemporaneous stock prices in the presence of high divergence of investor opinion. The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com., Oxford University Press.

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  • Sris Chatterjee & Kose John & An Yan, 2012. "Takeovers and Divergence of Investor Opinion," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 25(1), pages 227-277.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rfinst:v:25:y:2012:i:1:p:227-277
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