Introduction MBOs in Japan: An Overview and Analytical Perspective 1. Motivations for Going-private: Comparative Analysis of MBOs and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries 2. Heterogeneity of Going Private MBOs: Motivation, Takeover Premium, and Exit 3. With Which Companies Do Buy-out Funds Engage in MBO? 4. MBO and Performance Improvement 5. MBOs and Accounting Manipulation: Takeover Structures and Discretionary Accruals 6. Fairness Measures and Minority Interests 7. MBOs as a Tool for Corporate Restructuring 8. Sale of Subsidiaries by MBO and Stock Market Valuation 9. End of Chapter MBOs and Japanese Companies
Biography
Shinya Kawamoto is Professor in the College of Economics, Rikkyo University, Japan. His Japanese books have received recognition from the Japan Association for Applied Economics and the Society for Economic Studies of Securities.
