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New evidence on ownership structures in Germany

Köke, Jens - 1999

have a separation of ownership and control. We do not focus exclusively on the listed Aktiengesellschaft (AG) but include …

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Control transfers in corporate Germany: their frequency, causes and consequences

Köke, Jens - 2000

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...

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Corporate monitoring by blockholders in Europe: empirical evidence of managerial disciplining in Belgium, France, Germany, and the UK

Dherment-Ferere, Isabelle; Köke, Jens; Renneboog, Luc - 2001

creditors play an active role in disciplining. Block purchases have a monitoring role in Belgium and Germany, but not in France …

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Determinants of acquisition and failure: stylized facts and lessons for empirical studies

Köke, Jens - 2001

This study provides new stylized facts on the determinants of corporate failure and acquisition in Germany. It also …

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Corporate governance, market discipline, and productivity growth

Köke, Jens - 2001

Using a large panel of German manufacturing firms over the years 1986?1996, this study examines the impact of corporate governance and market discipline on productivity growth. We find that firms under concentrated ownership tend to show significantly higher productivity growth. Financial...

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Dynamics in ownership and firm survival: evidence from corporate Germany

Heiss, Florian; Köke, Jens - 2001

This study investigates the determinants of changes in corporate ownership and firm failure, taking into account different types of sellers and buyers of control blocks. For a large panel of German corporations we find that firms are more likely to fail or to be sold when performance is poor,...

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Bank owners or bank managers: who is keen on risk? Evidence from the financial crisis

Gropp, Reint E.; Köhler, Matthias - 2010

In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the … manager-controlled banks. The results are robust to controlling for a wide variety of bank specific, country specific …, regulatory and legal variables. Regulation does not seem to mitigate risk taking by bank owners. We find no evidence that profit …

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Blockholdings and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector

Köhler, Matthias - 2008

Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...

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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector

Köhler, Matthias - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299073

Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises

Mueller, Elisabeth; Spitz, Alexandra - 2001

We analyze the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance, testing the incentive and entrenchment hypothesis. Differently from previous literature, we focus on small and medium-sized private enterprises which constitute an important part of the German economy. We use a...

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