We analyze the relative operating performance of Family Business' list of the largest family-controlled firms versus non-family-controlled firms listed in the S&P 500. Our cross-sectional data includes over 400 firms and eleven years of data. We provide empirical evidence to demonstrate that...

This paper investigates the market reaction to earnings announcements in public family firms and whether this type of announcements affect firm's return, liquidity and cost of capital, providing also evidence on whether family businesses differ from non-family ones in what concerns the earnings...