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When It Pays to Pay Your Investment Banker: New Evidence on the Role of Financial Advisors in M&As
Author(s) -
GOLUBOV ANDREY,
PETMEZAS DIMITRIS,
TRAVLOS NICKOLAOS G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 18.151
H-Index - 299
eISSN - 1540-6261
pISSN - 0022-1082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01712.x
Subject(s) - business , investment (military) , finance , quality (philosophy) , shareholder , investment banking , monetary economics , economics , accounting , corporate governance , philosophy , epistemology , politics , political science , law
We provide new evidence on the role of financial advisors in M&As. Contrary to prior studies, top‐tier advisors deliver higher bidder returns than their non‐top‐tier counterparts but in public acquisitions only, where the advisor reputational exposure and required skills set are relatively larger. This translates into a $65.83 million shareholder gain for an average bidder. The improvement comes from top‐tier advisors' ability to identify more synergistic combinations and to get a larger share of synergies to accrue to bidders. Consistent with the premium price–premium quality equilibrium, top‐tier advisors charge premium fees in these transactions.