Handbook of Empirical Corporate Finance

SUBJECT INDEX

A

abnormal returns, 396

absolute priority rule, 255, 277

accounting returns, 514–515

acquisition of majority interest (AM), 302

acquisition of partial interest (AP), 302

acquisition of remaining interest (AR), 302

acquisitions, See mergers and acquisitions

adverse selection, 151–154

after-personal-tax value, 63

after-tax payoffs, 547

after-tax returns, 14

after-tax risk-adjusted returns, 12, 14

agency costs, 34, 65

agency issues, 444–445, 460–461, 463

agency relationships, 26–36

agency theory, 154–155

aggregate federal flow of funds data, 161

aggregate takeover activity, 297

all-cash method, takeovers, 322

Allen, Bernardo, and Welch model, 41–42

all-stock, behavioral arguments for, 331–332

alternative minimum ...