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hubris: a standalone construct

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Corporate finance

the hypothesis that bidding managers overpay in takeovers because they trust their own overly high valuations of target firms.

In corporate finance, hubris refers to the hypothesis that bidding managers overpay in takeovers because they trust their own overly high valuations of target firms. This meaning comes from Roll (1986) in The Journal of Business. Here hubris is this specific meaning.[1]

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References

  1. Roll, R. (1986). The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Takeovers. The Journal of Business, 59(2), 197. https://doi.org/10.1086/296325

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