We examine the impact of ownership concentration, firm life cycle, and family ownership on leverage using a sample of listed Italian firms. The study findings reveal that family businesses in Italy have high ownership concentration and use less debt than non-family firms. The study results show...

Corporate ESG performance has received widespread attention recently, and how to improve it has become an important academic question. This paper analyses the effect of equity concentration on corporate ESG performance and how it acts by using the data of listed companies in China. The result...

We analyze the effects of different types and concentration of ownership on performance using a population of firms in a model transition economy after mass privatization. Specifications based on first-differences and unusual instrumental variables show that contrary to conventional wisdom, the...

The rise of passive investing is leading to a new reality of horizontal ownership in combination with a reconcentration of corporate control, notably at the Big Three passive asset managers BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard. We introduce the concept of mandate ownership and point to a process...

Purpose - This study aims to examine the effect of ownership concentration and foreign ownership on tunneling activities in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach - The population in this study were manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018. The total...