Fortune Favors the Bold

We investigate whether incentives to join the Fortune 500 affect corporate decisions. Firms closer to the cutoff appear to take actions to join the list by engaging in more mergers and acquisitions activity, bidding for larger targets, and paying higher takeover premia. Further, the relation is stro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meneghetti, Costanza, Williams, Ryan
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Eller Coll Management
Language:en
Published: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624691
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624691