In recent years the number of going private transactions has considerably increased in emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to define the financial characteristics of companies that have gone private using a dataset comprising Polish companies. By applying a probit model we were able...

In recent years the number of going private transactions has sharply increased in emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to establish the financial characteristics of companies that have gone private using a dataset comprising of Polish companies. We use a probit model to distinguish the...

We examine a sample of going-private transactions in the Hong Kong stock market from 1989 to 2008. Privatized firms experienced large negative abnormal returns prior to the announcement of going private transaction, particularly in those firms with weak corporate governance structure and a high...

(VF)La limitation du problème du free cash flow dépend de l’efficacité des mécanismes de gouvernance. Dans notre étude, nous supposons que les mécanismes de gouvernance peuvent agir directement sur le niveau du free cash flow ou indirectement à travers les politiques d’endettement et...