We examine the incentive effects of private equity (PE) professionals' ownership in the funds they manage. In a simple … model, we show that managers select less risky firms and use more debt financing the higher their ownership. We test these … risk decreases and leverage increases with the manager's ownership in the fund, but largely only when scaled with her …

We examine the relation between ownership structure and M&A target selection when family firms pursue public firm …

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency … ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely for firms with high leverage, while they are less likely for larger … firms and firms with high ownership concentration. Only for listed firms poor performance is related to more frequent …