How does ownership structure affect capital structure and firm value?
The present paper examines the effects of ownership structures on capital structure and firm valuation. It argues that the effects of separation of control from cash flow rights on capital structure and firm value also depend on the separation of control from management as well as on legal rules and enforcement defining investors' protection. We obtain firm-level panel data (three stage least squares, 3SLS) estimates from four of the East Asian countries worst affected by the last crisis. There is evidence that the general wisdom that higher control than cash flow rights may lower firm value may be reversed among owner-managed family firms in the sample countries. Copyright (c) 2007 The AuthorsJournal compilation (c) 2007 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .
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2007
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Authors: | Driffield, Nigel ; Mahambare, Vidya ; Pal, Sarmistha |
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The Economics of Transition. - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). - Vol. 15.2007, 07, p. 535-573
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
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