This paper evaluates the influence of ownership and control concentration, as well as of some other characteristics of the controlling shareholders, on the performance of publicly traded companies. To address this objective, a panel analysis is carried out, relying on data over the period...

This paper aims at evaluating the influence of ownership and control concentration as well as of characteristics of the controlling shareholders on the performance of limited liability companies. To tackle this objective, a panel analysis is carried out relying on data over the period 1997-2002,...