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Are Firm-Advisor Relationships Valuable? A Long-Term Perspective
SSRN Electronic Journal
2015
Abstract
We examine long-term firm-advisor relations using an extended history of debt, equity, and merger transactions. Hard-to-value firms are more likely to maintain dedicated advisor relations (underwriters or merger advisors). Firms that retain predominantly one advisor over their entire transaction history pay higher underwriting/advisory fees, have inferior deal terms, and have lower analyst coverage relative to those that employ many advisors. When we condition on a firm's information environment as a catalyst for long-term advisor retention, riskier firms obtain better terms when they utilize a variety of advisors, but informationally-opaque firms do not. Our results suggest that only some firms benefit from long-term advisor retention
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- Title
- Are Firm-Advisor Relationships Valuable? A Long-Term Perspective
- Creators
- David Becher - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- SSRN Electronic Journal
- Publisher
- SSRN
- Resource Type
- Other
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; Finance; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991019551543204721