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We show theoretically and empirically that executives are paid less for their own firm's performance and more for their rivals' performance if an industry's firms are more commonly owned by the same set of investors. Higher common ownership also leads to higher unconditional total pay. We...
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When one firm's strategy affects other firms' value, optimal executive incentives depend on whether shareholders have interests in only one or in multiple firms. Performance-sensitive contracts induce managerial effort to reduce costs, and lower costs induce higher output. Hence, greater...
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The negative effects of common ownership on competition have received significant attention, but many proposed … investors might influence competition. Our model implies a negative effect of common ownership on firms' use of revenue …
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This paper analyses the effects of competition between banks with different ownership structures on financial stability …, social welfare, risk-taking incentives and performance. Specifically, we present a model of strategic competition in the … stability, social welfare, and banking competition. We also show that stakeholder banks are less risk-inclined and obtain a …
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This paper documents a causal effect of trade-induced competition on the ownership dynamics of firms using the largest …
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We study how product market competition affects firms' ownership structures using a large sample of closely-held firms … that the stakes of their outside shareholders are more dispersed. These results are explained by competition increasing the … ownership structure, competition mitigates incentive misalignment among shareholders, leading to better firm performance and …
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The German Corporate Governance Code works according to the comply-or-explain principle. One of its recommendations was to publish the remuneration of the members of the executive board on an individual basis. We examine the characteristics of the firms that comply with the code requirement. Our...
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CDAX-listed non-financial firms in Germany can be classified as family firms. They also represent about one third of all …
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incentives on the divestiture decision of equity blockholders by exploiting a quasi-experimental policy change in Germany. The …
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The corporate governance literature has shown that self-interested controlling owners tend to divert corporate resources for private benefits at the expense of other shareholders. Such behavior leads the controlling owners to prefer long maturity debt to short maturity debt, to avoid frequent...
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