TY  - UNPD
A1  - Campbell, Rachel A.
A1  - Kräussl, Roman
T1  - Does patience pay? : empirical testing of the option to delay accepting a tender offer in the U.S. banking sector
T2  - Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2006,32
N2  - We examine the empirical predictions of a real option-pricing model using a large sample of data on mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. banking sector. We provide estimates for the option value that the target bank has in waiting for a higher bid instead of accepting an initial tender offer. We find empirical support for a model that estimates the value of an option to wait in accepting an initial tender offer. Market prices reflect a premium for the option to wait to accept an offer that has a mean value of almost 12.5% for a sample of 424 mergers and acquisitions between 1997 and 2005 in the U.S. banking industry. Regression analysis reveals that the option price is related to both the price to book market and the free cash flow of target banks. We conclude that it is certainly in the shareholders best interest if subsequent offers are awaited. JEL Classification: G34, C10
T3  - CFS working paper series - 2006, 32 
KW  - Option-pricing Model
KW  - Mergers and Acquisitions
KW  - U.S. Banking Industry
KW  - USA
KW  - Bank
KW  - Übernahmeangebot
KW  - Geduld
Y1  - 2006
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1628
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-38065
IS  - Preliminary Version, September 26, 2006
ER  -