With the company-level data on listed and unlisted companies we analyse ownership and control of the Polish corporations. We find that voting control in listed corporations is remarkably concentrated with the median size of the largest block amounting to 39.5%. A sustainable concentration trend...

Corporate governance codes have recently been adopted by most of the European markets. Stock markets in Eastern Central Europe, with their weak governance mechanisms and practices, are trying to follow suit. However, drafting such codes may be a much more challenging task in this part of Europe...