TY - JOUR
AU1 - ISRAEL, RONEN
AB - ABSTRACT A capital structure theory based on corporate control considerations is presented. The optimal debt level balances a decrease in the probability of acquisition against a higher share of the synergy for the target's shareholders. This leads to the following implications: (i) the probability of firms becoming acquisition targets decreases with their leverage, (ii) acquirers' share of the total equity gain increases with targets' leverage, (iii) when acquisitions are initiated, targets' stock price, targets' debt value, and acquirers' firm value increase, and (iv) during the acquisition, target firms' stock price changes further; the expected change is zero and the variance decreases with targets' debt level.
TI - Capital Structure and the Market for Corporate Control: The Defensive Role of Debt Financing
JF - The Journal of Finance
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04622.x
DA - 1991-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/capital-structure-and-the-market-for-corporate-control-the-defensive-ILZxEbXX0Z
SP - 1391
VL - 46
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -