Der Beitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung des Steuereinflusses in der objektivierten Unternehmensbewertung, also einem Aspekt, dessen Berücksichtigung in Deutschland maßgeblich auf das Engagement von Franz W. Wagner zurückgeht. In dem Jahrzehnt, seit das IDW der Forderung des Jubilars nach einer...

This study examines how family firm characteristics affect capital structure decisions. In our analysis we disentangle the influence of three distinct components of a family firm: ownership, supervisory and management board activities by the founding family. Thereby, we use a unique panel...

Based on 1182 dyads of German new ventures and venture capitalists involved in a financing round between 2002 and 2007, we examine the impact of spatial proximity on the likelihood of an investment. We find that with each triplication of journey time the relative likelihood of an investment...

In this paper we address the question whether insider ownership affects corporate performance. Evidence coming from studies dealing with Anglo-Saxon countries is rather inconclusive, especially because it seems that results are significantly affected by endogeneity. Economically, this is due to...