The economics of private equity investments have received an increasing attention by finance scholars in latest years. However, the academic research has so far devoted scant attention to listed private equity funds. These funds are a potentially fruitful research field to test some of the...

Is the governance of banks different from other corporations? Which regulation and public policies enhance the governance of banks? We address these questions investigating the existence and magnitude of private benefits of control in banks around the world. We construct a new database covering...