The current literature on firm ownership around the world shows that concentrated ownership with only one or a few controlling owners is common, especially in many European and Asian countries. The dispersed ownership has proven to be uncommon and even countries with supposed dispersed ownership...

We examine the nexus between blockholding and bank performance in Nigeria given the narrowing size blockholding and absence of institutional mechanisms for effective activism. We employ the system-Generalised Method of Moments (system-GMM) using annual bank-level data from 2007 to 2019 and find...

This paper examines the effect of state control and ownership structure on leverage decision of firms listed in Chinese stock market. Our results show that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have higher leverage ratios than non-SOEs, and SOEs in regions with a poorer institutional environment have...

Using a sample of 595 firms listed in the capital markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru for the period of 2000–2015, we confirm prior literature by showing that when power distribution among several large shareholders (contestability) increases, firms’ financial...

Dual-class firms face great criticism as it is believed that firms choose this structure to expropriate minority shareholders’ wealth. We compare market performance of Chinese dual-class firms with their single-class counterparts by constructing a list of Chinese firms cross-listed on U.S....

In family firms, the succession of controlling equity stake to next generation is an issue of paramount importance. This, however, can be a major challenge in the presence of heavy inheritance or gift tax burden (high tax rate and absence of tax-saving vehicles, such as trusts or foundations)...

Prior research has suggested that sitting on the board of a poorly performing firm can be undesirable to directors. Yet, almost 60% of these firms are able to appoint new directors following director departures. Contrary to a quality matching explanation, we do not find that only poorly...

This study examines the associations of corporate governance with firm risk-taking and performance in a typical frontier equity market characterized by high ownership concentration and weak investor protection rights. Using an extensive dataset of 502 Vietnamese publicly listed firms over the...

The main goal of the paper is to understand if the shareholder composition must be considered as part of the corporate governance framework or as monitoring factor. A related goal of the paper is to investigate if the shareholder composition must be included in the loop among the corporate...

We examine operational and stock performance changes around forced CEO turnovers caused by conflicts between corporate boards and CEOs over the strategic direction of the firm. These CEO turnovers tend to be preceded by significant declines and followed by significant improvements in firm...