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- Title
Shareholder Litigation Risk and Firms' Choice of External Growth.
- Authors
Huang, Chenchen; Ozkan, Neslihan; Xu, Fangming
- Abstract
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 and 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.
- Subjects
STOCKHOLDERS; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); CORPORATE growth; RISK; STRATEGIC alliances (Business); MERGERS &; acquisitions; CORPORATION law; ORGANIZATIONAL performance
- Publication
Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 2023, Vol 58, Issue 2, p574
- ISSN
0022-1090
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0022109022000187