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The price of corporate liquidity: Acquisition discounts for unlisted targets

Officer, M. S. (2007)

Journal of Financial Economics, 83(3), 571-598

Unlisted targets sell at average discounts of 15% to 30% relative to multiples for comparable public targets; discounts widen when debt capital is expensive. The finance benchmark for the private-company discount. (Abstract source: ScienceDirect page.)

Sourcedoi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.01.004466 citations (OpenAlex)

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Officer, M. S. (2007). The price of corporate liquidity: Acquisition discounts for unlisted targets. Journal of Financial Economics, 83(3), 571-598.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.01.004

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