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dc.contributor.authorBøhren, Øyvind
dc.contributor.authorKrosvik, Nils Erik
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-12T10:05:00Z
dc.date.available2013-11-12T10:05:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1873-6394
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/93832
dc.descriptionThis is the authors’ manuscript to the article. Also published at http://www.ssrn.com/no_NO
dc.description.abstractWe analyze minority freezeout offers in a legal environment where minority stockholders can reject the offer and ask the court to value their nontendered stock. This regulatory setting allows us to observe the disciplining effect of legal enforcement on stockholder behavior. We find that minority stockholders reject about one out of ten freezeout offers, and that rejection is more likely when the bidder has controlled the firm for quite some time before the offer. Rejected offers take on average around three years to be settled in court, and litigation costs are almost never paid by minority stockholders. The court mostly prices rejected offers above the offer price, particularly when the firm is private, when the bidder has controlled the firm for an extensive period before the offer, and when the case is large. These findings suggest that minority stockholders consider most freezeout offers commensurate with the level of legal stockholder protection as enforced by the courts. The majority stockholder tends to underestimate the legal protection of minority rights in settings where these rights are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Nevertheless, minority stockholders who take their case to court often face years of waiting, and for a highly unpredictable litigation return.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherElsevierno_NO
dc.subjectLaw and economicsno_NO
dc.subjectLegal enforcementno_NO
dc.subjectStockholder protectionno_NO
dc.subjectMinority freezeoutno_NO
dc.titleThe economics of minority freezeouts: evidence from the courtroomno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.source.pagenumber48-58no_NO
dc.source.volume36no_NO
dc.source.journalInternational Review of Law and Economicsno_NO
dc.source.issue1no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.irle.2013.04.007


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