Abstract
Previous research on unit management buyouts, UMBs, has shown that selling firms benefit from the selloff transaction. The current research demonstrates that when the selling firm has either poor liquidity or poor earnings, selling firm shareholders do not benefit as much. We hypothesize that the unit managers have knowledge about the selling firm's difficulties so they do not pay as large a premium for the assets. Since the unit managers technically are employed by the selling firm shareholders, their bargaining to achieve a better price is an agency cost. Finally, selloff frequency does not affect seller abnormal returns.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 563-576 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Business Finance & Accounting |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
- Finance