This paper models a family business as a closely-held technology that cannot be contracted upon. Each generation can either bequeath the business to the next generation, or it could sell it through a financial intermediary and bequeath the revenue.

We develop a dynamic model where each generation in a family can continue operating its inherited production technology or it could hire a professional to do the same. Though the professional is more qualified, his interests are not aligned with the interests of the family. In the context of an...

This paper models a family business as a household operating a production technology in which the household's human capital is a specific business skill. Each generation in the household can either bequeath the business and the business skill to the next generation, or sell the business through...

We develop a dynamic model where each generation in a family can continue operating its inherited production technology or it could hire a professional to do the same. Though the professional is more qualified, his interests are not aligned with the interests of the family. In the context of an...

This paper models a family business as a household operating a production technology in which the household's human capital is a specific business skill. Each generation in the household can either bequeath the business and the business skill to the next generation, or sell the business through...