Recommended Reading: Does Revlon Matter? An Empirical and Theoretical Study

This week we highlight a post by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation which examines the effect the seminal case of Revlon v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings has on the takeover process. The dataset contains details of the private merger negotiation process before public deal announcements, including the number of bidding rounds, timing of bids, bid premiums, and indicators for single versus multiple bidding parties.