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Taxes and the Capital Structure of Partnerships, REIT's, and Related Entities
Published: 03/01/1991 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb03757.x
JEFFREY F. JAFFE
Academic finance has explored the effect of taxes on corporate capital structure in great detail. By contrast, the effect of taxes on the capital structure of partnerships, REIT's, and related entities has received little attention. The present paper shows that, under general conditions, the values of partnerships and REIT's are invariant to leverage, contradicting the sparse literature in the area. A proof similar to that of Modigliani‐Miller is employed. The effect of real world imperfections is also examined.
A NOTE ON TAXATION AND INVESTMENT
Published: 12/01/1978 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1978.tb03430.x
Jeffrey F. Jaffe
“HOT ISSUE” MARKETS
Published: 09/01/1975 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1975.tb01019.x
Roger G. Ibbotson, Jeffrey F. Jaffe
The Post‐Merger Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Re‐examination of an Anomaly
Published: 09/01/1992 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1992.tb04674.x
ANUP AGRAWAL, JEFFREY F. JAFFE, GERSHON N. MANDELKER
The existing literature on the post‐merger performance of acquiring firms is divided. We re‐examine this issue, using a nearly exhaustive sample of mergers between NYSE acquirers and NYSE/AMEX targets. We find that stockholders of acquiring firms suffer a statistically significant loss of about 10% over the five‐year post‐merger period, a result robust to various specifications. Our evidence suggests that neither the firm size effect nor beta estimation problems are the cause of the negative post‐merger returns. We examine whether this result is caused by a slow adjustment of the market to the merger event. Our results do not seem consistent with this hypothesis.