Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control (Corporate Law series, 2) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849801363 ISBN 13: 9781849801362

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This volume provides an essential overview of one of the most important developments in economics, finance and law of the past generation: the growing realization of how the market for corporate control functions and why its operation is of crucial importance. Presenting seventeen seminal contributions, the book illustrates the importance of corporate control changes – mergers, acquisitions and other takeovers – in helping to align the interests of corporate shareholders and their managers. The mechanics of various takeover techniques (poison pills, greenmail and other gambits) are also explored alongside empirical research concerning the functioning of the market for corporate control. Including an original introduction, this book will appeal to researchers interested in a summary of the growing appreciation of the market for corporate control, and also to others seeking to understand this aspect of the relationship between the economics and the law of the modern corporation.

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Fred S. McChesney, De la Cruz/Mentschikoff Professor of Law and Economics, University of Miami Law School, Florida, US

Review:

`If you're involved in any way with law, economics, or finance, this book will undoubtedly enhance your understanding of the forces and phenomena than can and do impact on company law.' -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849801363
• ISBN 13: 9781849801362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 688
• Editor: McChesney Fred S.