TY - JOUR AB - Shareholders in a company which is about to be taken over should be wary of an ‘all‐paper’ bid, where there is no cash alternative. For there is evidence to suggest that the practice of ‘ramping’—where the bidder gets acquaintances to buy heavily in his own company's shares to artificially boost the offer value—is on the increase. VL - 73 IS - 6 SN - 0007-6929 DO - 10.1108/eb056319 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb056319 AU - Barnfather Maurice PY - 1973 Y1 - 1973/01/01 TI - When ‘ramps’ hoist those all‐paper bids T2 - Industrial Management PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 9 EP - 10 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -