, privatization methods had a lasting effect on ownership structure in Ukraine. …

privatization and the resulting low ownership concentration is one of the reasons for the poor performance of surviving firms. …

The paper investigates why the corporate landscapes of Germany and UK are so different in terms of control by analyzing … ownership evolution in recent IPOs. We report the control evolution of a sample of size- and industry-matched German and UK … companies six years subsequent to the flotation. The initial shareholders in the average German IPO lose majority control six …

We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of firm divestitures and privatization on corporate performance in a … rapidly emerging market economy. Unlike the existing literature, we control for accompanying ownership changes and the fact …'s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization depends on the resulting ownership …

We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of spinoffs and privatization on corporate performance in a rapidly … control for accompanying ownership changes and the fact that spinoffs and ownership are endogenous variables. We find that … spinoffs increase the firm’s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization …