Derouiche, Imen; Sassi, Syrine; Toumi, Narjess - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 19 (2018) 2, pp. 271-294
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the control-ownership wedge of controlling shareholders (excess control) on the survival of French initial public offerings (IPOs). Design/methodology/approach: This paper studies a large sample of 434 French IPOs. The empirical...