Existing research shows that bidder default risk increases following acquisitions due to a rise in post-acquisition leverage and managerial risk-taking actions offsetting the potential for asset diversification. This study examines whether the risk effects of acquiring distressed targets are...

This paper focuses on the syndication of venture capital investments. We present a comprehensive framework that simultaneously integrates the benefits and drawbacks of syndication. Our empirical analysis uses a sample of UK venture capitalists' investments made between 1964 and 2006. We...

We explore how target firm attributes affect the interest of financial versus strategic bidders in the private stages of a corporate takeover process. Using a unique set of hand-collected data from 606 US public deals from 2005 to 2016, we demonstrate the difference between strategic and...