Abstract

Research on the influence of difference cash flows origin upon bargaining power

Author(s): Haibin Guo, Xiaoming Gu

This article took the M&A premium as the proxy variable of negotiations with the Utility Theory, and used the listed M&A events data from 2000 to 2012, and analyzed the influence of difference cash flows origin to bargaining power. The return result indicated that the cash origin had being segmented, When the major businesses are stronger than the target businesses in financial independence, we find that takeover premiums are positively related to fundraising capacity and negatively related to the degree of M&A financial independence.