The Effect of Hostile Takeover Threats on Capital Structure: Evidence from Half a Century
(Pages 524-528)Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard1, Pandej Chintrakarn2,* and Pornsit Jiraporn3
1Center of Excellence in Management Research for Corporate Governance and Behavioral Finance, SASIN School of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Mahidol University International College (MUIC), Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; 3Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, PA 19335.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55365/1923.x2022.20.59
Abstract:
Capitalizing on a distinctive measure of takeover susceptibility mainly based on the staggered passage of anti-takeover state legislations, we examine the effect of the takeover market on corporate leverage. Stretching over half a century from 1964 to 2014, our sample includes nearly 180,000 observations and spans the entire spectrum of state laws in the past five decades. Our results show that more hostile takeover threats diminish leverage considerably. Specifically, an increase in takeover vulnerability by one standard deviation reduces leverage by 3.42%. Further analysis validates the results, i.e., propensity score matching, and entropy balancing.
Keywords:
Hostile takeovers, capital structure, leverage, corporate governance, agency theory, corporate finance.
JEL Codes:
G32, G34.
How to Cite:
Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard, Pandej Chintrakarn and Pornsit Jiraporn. The Effect of Hostile Takeover Threats on Capital Structure: Evidence from Half a Century. [ref]: vol.20.2022. available at: https://refpress.org/ref-vol20-a59/
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