Lepetit, Laetitia; Saghi-Zedek, Nadia; Tarazi, Amine - In: Journal of Financial Economics 115 (2015) 3, pp. 574-591
We investigate whether excess control rights of ultimate owners in pyramids affect banks׳ capital ratio adjustments …. When control and cash flow rights are identical, to boost capital ratios banks issue equity without cutting lending …. However, when control rights exceed cash flow rights, instead of issuing equity, banks downsize by reducing lending. Such a …