How Does an LBO Impact the Target's Industry?

58 Pages Posted: 31 Aug 2014 Last revised: 17 Jan 2018

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Jarrad Harford

University of Washington; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Jared R. Stanfield

University of Oklahoma; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

Feng Zhang

Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department

Date Written: September 13, 2016

Abstract

We document the implications of an LBO for the target firm’s peers in terms of follow-on acquisitions, alliances, investment, and governance changes. LBOs tend to lead overall merger activity, predicting both more LBOs and strategic acquisitions in the industry. LBOs predict significant changes to investment outlays, strategic alliances, and anti-takeover provisions. Tests show that our evidence is most consistent with LBOs causing or signaling private information about optimal changes to the industry rather than LBO sponsors simply selecting into changing industries. Our study sheds light on LBOs’ role in merger activity as well as their motivation.

Keywords: leverage buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, industry peers

JEL Classification: G31, G32, G34

Suggested Citation

Harford, Jarrad and Stanfield, Jared R. and Zhang, Feng, How Does an LBO Impact the Target's Industry? (September 13, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2489300 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2489300

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Jared R. Stanfield (Contact Author)

University of Oklahoma ( email )

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Financial Research Network (FIRN)

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Australia

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Feng Zhang

Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department ( email )

SMU Cox School of Business
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Dallas, TX 75275
United States

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