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Bridge over ocean
1 May 1991 Research Foundation

The Poison Pill Anti-Takeover Defense: The Price of Strategic Deterrence

  1. Robert F. Bruner, DBA

One of the most controversial financial innovations of recent years, the poison pill is a strategic deterrence that is widely used, but its use comes with a price.

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One of the most controversial financial innovations of recent years, the poison pill is a strategic deterrence that is widely used, but its use comes with a price. This monograph sheds light on the pill's many subtleties, giving particular attention to its economic effects.