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Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory and Evidence

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  • Guhan Subramanian

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Siliconix was decided, I find that minority shareholders achieve significantly lower abnormal returns, on average, in tender-offer freeze-outs relative to merger freeze-outs. I discuss the doctrinal and policy implications of these findings in a companion paper.

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  • Guhan Subramanian, 2007. "Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory and Evidence," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 1-26, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlstud:v:36:y:2007:p:1-26
    DOI: 10.1086/508267
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    3. Beni Lauterbach & Yevgeny Mugerman, 2020. "The Effect of Institutional Investors’ Voice on the Terms and Outcome of Freeze-out Tender Offers," Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(01), pages 1-33, February.
    4. Krishnan, C.N.V. & Masulis, Ronald W. & Thomas, Randall S. & Thompson, Robert B., 2012. "Shareholder litigation in mergers and acquisitions," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 18(5), pages 1248-1268.
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