The study explores the impact of sector and individual fund's size on performance. We demonstrate that alpha is related to demand for arbitrage capital as much as to its supply. Sector size affects alpha via price impact channel: larger scale depresses merger arbitrage spreads, thus lowering...

The article examines the extent to which economic incentives may have improved for appraisal arbitrageurs in recent years, which could help explain the observed increase in appraisal activity. We investigate three specific issues. First, we review the economic implications of allowing...

We analyze the extent to which promoters of firms listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange are using rights issues to circumvent regulatory provisions related to creeping acquisitions. We find that promoters use rights issues that do not have specific objectives for purposes of realizing an increase...

Two Delaware appraisal related developments occurred in the summer of 2007. These developments have made it easier for target shareholders to seek appraisal, thus strengthening Delaware appraisal rights. Recent studies have documented empirical patterns that associate stronger appraisal rights...

In securities fraud class action litigations, trading models are widely used to determine aggregate damages for the purpose of negotiating settlements. To estimate damages, trading models require assumptions on the number of shares available for trade (i.e., the float) and the number of...

We propose a methodology that combines simulation and lattice methods to value American Parisian knock-in and knock-out options. Our methodology uses the observation that once the Parisian condition is met, the exercise strategy of a knock-in option is identical to that of a plain vanilla...

There is an on-going debate regarding the extent to which the increased appraisal litigation in Delaware Chancery courts is beneficial from a public policy perspective. Boone et al. (2019) documents that, compared to deals without appraisal challenges, deals subject to appraisal challenges have...

There is an ongoing debate regarding whether the observed historical equity risk premium is too high to serve as a benchmark for forward-looking equity risk premium. To obtain estimates of forward-looking equity risk premium, a number of models have been proposed that link equity returns to the...

Consider migration to a higher income region as a human capital investment in which parents bear migration costs and children share returns. Migrants from a population with heterogeneous intergenerational discount rates will be self-selected on intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be...