What are the determinants of corporate divestiture?

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Patrick Navatte

Hi,

I propose some papers that may be of some help to you!

Divestitures and Divisional Investment Policies

The Journal of Finance

Volume 58, Issue 6, December 2003, Pages: 2711–2744, Amy Dittmar and Anil Shivdasani

The Success of Acquisitions: Evidence from Divestitures

Volume 47, Issue 1, March 1992, Pages: 107–138, STEVEN N. KAPLAN and MICHAEL S. WEISBACH

Why Hang on to Losers? Divestitures and Takeovers

Volume 47, Issue 4, September 1992, Pages: 1401–1423, ARNOUD W. A. BOOT

Greetings

Nguyen Phuc Canh

You can look on this paper

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929119915000905

Best regards

Wiboon Kittilaksanawong

Hi, You may find this article relevant. "Prospect Theory, Behavioral Theory, and the Threat-Rigidity Thesis: Combinative Effects on Organizational Decisions to Divest Formerly Acquired Units" http://amj.aom.org/content/50/6/1495.abstract

Marco Schmidt

Thanks for your valuable hints and links. Do you know, whether any research made a link between these determinants and the reporting about executed divestitures?

You also benefit from this paper:

Nguyen P, Rahman N, Zhaop R, " Ownership structure and disvestiture decisions: Evidence from Australian firms", International Review of Financial Analysis, 2013, 30, p 170 -181.