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Shareholder litigation risk and firms’ choice of external growth

Shareholder litigation risk and firms’ choice of external growth
Shareholder litigation risk and firms’ choice of external growth
We provide novel evidence showing that shareholder litigation risk influences firms’ choices of external growth strategies. Using staggered adoption of universal demand (UD) laws, we find that firms under the threat of litigation tend to choose corporate alliances over mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This finding supports the view that alliances offer a low-risk, low-cost alternative to M&As for firms facing litigation risk. Moreover, alliance performance improves after the passage of UD laws, suggesting that firms can make better deal selections under reduced litigation threats. Overall, we establish an unexplored link between litigation risk and firms’ choices of boundary-expanding transactions.
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Huang, Chenchen
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Ozkan, Neslihan
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Xu, Fangming
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Huang, Chenchen
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Ozkan, Neslihan
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Xu, Fangming
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Huang, Chenchen, Ozkan, Neslihan and Xu, Fangming (2021) Shareholder litigation risk and firms’ choice of external growth. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. (In Press)

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We provide novel evidence showing that shareholder litigation risk influences firms’ choices of external growth strategies. Using staggered adoption of universal demand (UD) laws, we find that firms under the threat of litigation tend to choose corporate alliances over mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This finding supports the view that alliances offer a low-risk, low-cost alternative to M&As for firms facing litigation risk. Moreover, alliance performance improves after the passage of UD laws, suggesting that firms can make better deal selections under reduced litigation threats. Overall, we establish an unexplored link between litigation risk and firms’ choices of boundary-expanding transactions.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 September 2021

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Local EPrints ID: 451542
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451542
ISSN: 0022-1090
PURE UUID: b21c920f-9a8b-4f82-b00b-5cb906c0b3d2
ORCID for Chenchen Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6898-8340

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Date deposited: 06 Oct 2021 19:12
Last modified: 14 May 2024 02:01

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Author: Chenchen Huang ORCID iD
Author: Neslihan Ozkan
Author: Fangming Xu

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