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Takeovers and stock price volatility


Abstract: An examination of the relation between takeovers and stock price volatility. The analysis focuses on the Martingale (efficient markets) Model of stock price behavior and an alternative view in which stock prices reflect values to participants in a market for corporate control. This paper includes a mathematical treatment of the subject.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1990

Volume: 76

Issue: Mar

Pages: 29-44