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Directors' recommendations on takeover bids and the management of earnings: Evidence from Australian takeovers

Eddey Peter; Taylor Stephen (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, 1999)

This article investigates whether Australian companies manage their earnings during takeover bids in a manner consistent with the earnings-management hypothesis. This hypothesis predicts that directors who reject a bid use ...
What motivates going private?: An analysis of Australian firms

Eddey Peter; Lee Kin Wai; Taylor Stephen (Blackwell Publishing, 1996)

We investigate going private transactions in Australia between 1988 and 1991. Approximately ten percent of all takeovers during this period are instances of going private. In contrast to studies of similar transactions in ...

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