allows us to classify M&As into four categories, depending on the ownership of the acquirer and the target: 1) public re …

We examine the incentive effects of private equity (PE) professionals' ownership in the funds they manage. In a simple … model, we show that managers select less risky firms and use more debt financing the higher their ownership. We test these … risk decreases and leverage increases with the manager's ownership in the fund, but largely only when scaled with her …

We examine the relation between ownership structure and M&A target selection when family firms pursue public firm …

This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a … privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio … comparable public companies. These performance differences come from the increase in ownership concentration after the leveraged …

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency … ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely for firms with high leverage, while they are less likely for larger … firms and firms with high ownership concentration. Only for listed firms poor performance is related to more frequent …

This study investigates the determinants of changes in corporate ownership and firm failure, taking into account … likely to fail or to be sold when performance is poor, financial pressure is high, and firm size is small. Cross ownership … deters control changes, and ownership concentration has a non-linear impact on the likelihood of control transfer. In …