This paper analyses the German corporate law reform's effect on the publicly listed companies' ownership and … an empirical analysis using 1997-2008 panel data consisting of ownership, Tobin's Q, and sales growth follows. Empirical … evidence shows that ownership has become more dispersed (the total number of shareholders is larger) and that it had a positive …

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 …

. This paper analyzes the impact of index fund and ETF ownership on the success of takeover offers in Germany. Based on a … impact of index fund and ETF ownership on takeover success. The fraction of outstanding shares eventually being tendered is …If a bidder launches a takeover offer for a listed company being part of a stock market index, then index funds and …

I analyse the effect of ownership structure and bank control on performance. I employ a unique data set of 715 German … takeovers to test whether group structure, large shareholders, and bank control affect their value to shareholders. First, I … find that takeovers increase bidder value, but generally not that of the business group surrounding it. Second, majority …

This chapter documents the evolution of ownership and control of firms around the world over a hundred year period from … stock markets and contrasts these with the persistent patterns of ownership that are observed in many countries around the … world. In particular, it documents the growth in dispersion in ownership that took place in many countries from the early …

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 …