Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance

The book illustrates that the impact of ownership on firm value depends not only on the concentration of ownership but also on the identity of blockholders. Large shareholders can use their power to influence corporate performance. However, owners are no homogenous group and have different motivations and abilities.

The book sheds new light on the relation between equity ownership and corporate performance. Empirical studies presented in this book are based on a large panel data set and model the impact of concentrated ownership on performance, with nonlinear effect shapes being estimated through cubic splines. The final model incorporates the identity of owners into the investigation and illustrates the differing performance effects of various large shareholders. This approach adds to the understanding of ownership effects as previous research was mainly concerned with the role of ownership concentration and neglected the identity of blockholders as an equally important dimension of ownership. The new perspective will give fresh impetus to researchers, corporate decision makers and public policy.

Autorentext

Katinka Wölfer studied business administration at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (Germany), the University of Gießen (Germany), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) and the University of Kentucky (USA). In recognition of academic excellence, she was selected for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. Her research interests center on corporate finance and strategic management.

Inhalt

Contents: Firm value Ownership concentration Owner typology: individual investors, insiders, corporations, financial investors, banks, government Agency theory Research design: panel data set Econometric approach: linear within-regressions, instrumental variable regressions, restricted cubic splines.