The empirical evidence strongly indicates that the equityholders of the target firm realize large wealth gains as a result of a takeover bid but the equityholders in the acquiring firm gain little,if anything.Although there exists no definitive answer as to why this is the case,several possible explanations have been proposed.List and explain three of these possible explanations for the minimal returns to the acquiring firm's equityholders.
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