Corporate Finance: The Core (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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ISBN: 9780134202648
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 28, Problem 11P
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To assess whether the CEO would be better off or worse off, given that he owns 3% of GF and is considering an acquisition. Post acquisition, the market capitalization of GF would suffer a loss of $50 million and the present value of CEO’s compensation would increase by $5 million.
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Corporate Finance: The Core (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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