题名

Executive Stock Options, Corporate Cash Holdings and M&A Decisions

并列篇名

高階主管股票選擇權、現金持有與併購決策

DOI

10.6226/NTUMR.202104_31(1).0003

作者

黃幼琳(Yu-Lin Huang)；陳嬿如(Yenn-Ru Chen)；陳佰弦(Bai-Sian Chen)

关键词

executive stock options ； corporate cash holdings ； mergers and acquisitions ； 高階主管股票選擇權 ； 現金持有 ； 企業併購

期刊名称

臺大管理論叢

卷期/出版年月

31卷1期（2021 / 04 / 01）

页次

71 - 115

内容语文

英文
中文摘要

This study examines the effect of corporate cash holdings on the risk-taking activities induced by executive stock options (ESOs). Using mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as the proxy of corporate decisions more associated with idiosyncratic risk taking, we find excess cash holdings stimulate the M&A bidding probability induced by the risk incentive of ESOs (vega). The probability of conducting ESOs-induced M&As in cash-rich firms is 7.58% higher than that in non-cash-rich firms. The positive impact of excess cash on the ESOs-induced M&A decisions is more pronounced in firms with low leverage and those in the old economy. Through analyses of the announcement effect and the one-year profitability effect, our results show the market considers the ESOs-induced M&A decisions made by cash-rich firms are more associated with precautionary motives rather than agency incentives. However, while cash-rich firms undertaking ESOs-induced M&As have better profitability than those not conducting ESOs-induced M&As, how the market assigns future valuations to cash-rich firms conducting ESOs-induced M&As still depends on the corporate governance environment of these firms.
英文摘要

本研究探討現金持有於高階主管股票選擇權（ESOs）誘發之風險承擔行為之影響，以企業併購作為衡量指標。實證發現公司持有超額現金將有助於提升高階主管因ESOs風險誘因而進行併購決策之機率。當持有超額現金，高階主管因ESOs而進行併購之機率顯著高於未持有超額現金公司之併購機率，差異約達7.58%。同時，超額現金對於因ESOs而進行併購決策之正向影響，在低負債企業與隸屬舊經濟產業之公司中較為明顯。此外，透過宣告效果與績效表現之分析，市場對於超額現金公司因ESOs而併購之決策較傾向認定為預防性動機所致。雖此決策將有助公司未來營運績效，但市場如何衡量其併購後評價仍取決於其公司治理環境。
主题分类 基礎與應用科學 > 資訊科學
基礎與應用科學 > 統計
社會科學 > 經濟學
社會科學 > 財金及會計學
社會科學 > 管理學
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