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Board structure, antitakeover provisions, and stockholder wealth
Abstract: This paper's regression analyses from a sample of 261 firms that adopted 486 antitakeover provisions (supermajority, classified boards, fair-price, reduction in cumulative voting, anti-greenmail and poison pills) in the 1984-1988 period indicate that the negative market reactions to antitakeover provisions vary depending on firms' board structures. This paper's empirical evidence indicates that while separating the positions of CEO and chairperson of the board reduces the negative effect, increased outsider representation increases negative market reactions.
Keywords: Corporations; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Stocks;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Part of Series: Research Paper
Publication Date: 1995
Number: 9516