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Bernstein, L. (1995) ‘The Silicon Valley Lawyer as Transaction Cost Engineer’, Oregon Law Review [Preprint]. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/orglr74&id=249.
Bolton, P. and Faure-Grimaud, A. (2010) ‘Satisficing Contracts’, The Review of Economic Studies, 77(3), pp. 937–971. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40835853.
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Chorvat, T.R. (2002) ‘Ambiguity and Income Taxation’, Cardozo Law Review, 23(2), pp. 617–652. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/cdozo23&id=639.
Coates, IV, J.C. (2012) ‘Allocating Risk Through Contract: Evidence from M&A and Policy Implications’, SSRN Electronic Journal [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2133343.
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Cohen, L. (1991) ‘Holdouts and Free Riders’, Journal of Legal Studies [Preprint]. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/legstud20&id=355.
Dierickx, I. and Koza, M. (1991) ‘Information asymmetries how not to “buy a lemon” in negotiating mergers and acquisitions’, European Management Journal, 9(3), pp. 229–234. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0263-2373(91)90002-8.
Easterbrook, F.H. and Fischel, D.R. (1983) ‘Voting in Corporate Law’, The Journal of Law & Economics, 26(2), pp. 395–427. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/725110.
Eisenhardt, K.M. (1989) ‘Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review.’, Academy of Management Review, 14(1), pp. 57–74. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/258191.
Elster, J. (1989) Nuts and bolts for the social sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fama, E.F. (1980) ‘Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm’, Journal of Political Economy, 88(2), pp. 288–307. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1837292.
Fama, E.F. and Jensen, M.C. (1983) ‘Separation of Ownership and Control’, The Journal of Law & Economics, 26(2), pp. 301–325. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/725104.
Fuerst, S.B., San Filippo IV, N. and Ornstein, S.H. (16AD) ‘Earn-outs: Bridge the Gap, With Caution’, Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report [Preprint]. Available at: https://www.lowenstein.com/files/Publication/8dab16c3-d1b5-46e1-8d07-0174915b002d/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/966ec139-cc00-4a96-9f1e-07d9547e1bef/Earn%20Outs%20BNA%202009.pdf.
George A. Akerlof (1970) ‘The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism’, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84(3), pp. 488–500. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1879431.
Gilson, R.J. (1984a) ‘Value Creation by Business Lawyers: Legal Skills and Asset Pricing’, Yale Law Journal, 94(2), pp. 239–314. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/ylr94&id=257.
Gilson, R.J. (1984b) ‘Value Creation by Business Lawyers: Legal Skills and Asset Pricing’, Yale Law Journal, 94(2), pp. 239–314. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/ylr94&id=257.
Gilson, R.J. (2003a) ‘Engineering a Venture Capital Market: Lessons from the American Experience’, Stanford Law Review, 55(4), pp. 1067–1103. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229601.
Gilson, R.J. (2003b) ‘Engineering a Venture Capital Market: Lessons from the American Experience’, Stanford Law Review, 55(4), pp. 1067–1103. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229601.
Gilson, R.J. (2005) ‘Understanding MACs: Moral Hazard in Acquisitions’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 21(2), pp. 330–358. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewi012.
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Giuffra Jr., R.J. (1986) ‘Investment Bankers’ Fairness Opinions in Corporate Control Transactions’, Yale Law Journal, 96(1), pp. 119–141. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/ylr96&id=137.
Gullifer, L. and Payne, J. (2015a) Corporate finance law: principles and policy. Second edition. Oxford: Hart Publishing. Available at: https://contentstore.cla.co.uk//secure/link?id=13a9e18b-e640-e911-80cd-005056af4099.
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Hurt, C. (2005a) ‘Moral Hazard and the Initial Public Offering’, Cardozo Law Review, 26(2), pp. 711–790. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/cdozo26&id=727.
Hurt, C. (2005b) ‘Moral Hazard and the Initial Public Offering’, Cardozo Law Review, 26(2). Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/cdozo26&i=727.
J. E. C. Munro (no date) ‘Principal and Agent (i)’, pp. 10737–10737. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1543.
Jensen, M.C. and Meckling, W.H. (1976) ‘Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure’, Journal of Financial Economics, 3(4), pp. 305–360. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(76)90026-X.
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Kraakman, R.H. (2017a) The anatomy of corporate law: a comparative and functional approach. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739630.001.0001.
Kraakman, R.H. (2017b) The anatomy of corporate law: a comparative and functional approach. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739630.001.0001.
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Lloyd Cohen (1991) ‘Holdouts and Free Riders’, The Journal of Legal Studies, 20(2), pp. 351–362. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/724443.
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Mann, R.J. (1999) ‘Verification Institutions in Financing Transactions’, Georgetown Law Journal, 87(7), pp. 2225–2272. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/glj87&id=2245.
Mark V. Pauly (1968) ‘The Economics of Moral Hazard: Comment’, The American Economic Review, 58(3), pp. 531–537. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org./stable/1813785.
Maynard, T.H. and Warren, D.M. (2014) Business planning: financing the start-up business and venture capital financing. Second Edition. New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Available at: https://contentstore.cla.co.uk//secure/link?id=80fa8d84-e640-e911-80cd-005056af4099.
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Myers, S.C. and Majluf, N.S. (1984) ‘Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have’, Journal of Financial Economics, 13(2), pp. 187–221. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(84)90023-0.
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Pauly, M.V. (1968) ‘The Economics of Moral Hazard: Comment’, The American Economic Review, 58(3), pp. 531–537. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1813785.
Private equity: a transactional analysis. Third edition (2014). London: Globe Law and Business.
Reuer, J.J. and Koza, M.P. (2000) ‘Asymmetric Information and Joint Venture Performance: Theory and Evidence for Domestic and International Joint Ventures’, Strategic Management Journal, 21(1), pp. 81–88. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3094120.
Rinker, K., A., Hill, J., G. and Ashton, K. (no date) ‘MAC Clauses in the UK and US: Much Ado About Nothing?’, The Private Equity Report, 13(4). Available at: https://privateequityreport.debevoise.com/the-private-equity-report-winter-2014-vol-14-number-1/the-private-equity-report-fall-2013-vol-13-number-4.
Schwarcz, S.L. (2008) ‘To Make or to Buy: In-House Lawyering and Value Creation’, Journal of Corporation Law, 33(2), pp. 497–576. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/jcorl33&id=501.
Shen, J.-C. and Reuer, J.J. (2005) ‘Adverse Selection in Acquisitions of Small Manufacturing Firms: A Comparison of Private and Public Targets’, Small Business Economics, 24(4), pp. 393–407. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-005-5332-y.
Smith, C.W. (2018) ‘Agency Costs’, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 99–101. Available at: http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_632.
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Third Edition (2018a). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Third Edition (2018b). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. Available at: https://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5.
‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ (1968) Science, 162(3859), pp. 1243–1248. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3859.1243.
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Wu, C.-W., Reuer, J.J. and Ragozzino, R. (2013) ‘Insights of Signaling Theory for Acquisitions Research’, in C.L. Cooper and S. Finkelstein (eds) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions 12. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 173–191. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gla/reader.action?docID=1341901&ppg=184.