Firm performance when ownership is very concentrated: Evidence from a semiparametric panel

Hamadi, Malika and Heinen, A (2015) Firm performance when ownership is very concentrated: Evidence from a semiparametric panel Journal of Empirical Finance, 34. pp. 172-194.

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Abstract

We consider the effect on performance of very large controlling shareholders, who are mostly organized in voting blocks and business groups, in a sample of Belgian listed firms from 1991 to 2006. Since the shape of the relation between ownership and firm value is a controversial issue in corporate finance, we use semiparametric local-linear kernel-based panel models. These models allow us not to impose a priori functional restrictions on the relation between ownership and performance. Our semiparametric analysis shows that the effect on performance varies depending on the size of ownership stakes and that there are departures from linearity, especially in family firms. Our results suggest that this non-linearity in family firms is related to whether or not the CEO is a family member.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Hamadi, Malika m.hamadi@surrey.ac.uk Heinen, A
Date :	8 August 2015
DOI :	10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.07.004
Copyright Disclaimer :	© 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords :	Semiparametric panel; Ownership concentration; Large shareholders; Firm performance; Family firms
Depositing User :	Melanie Hughes
Date Deposited :	22 May 2018 09:44
Last Modified :	16 Jan 2019 19:09
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/846466

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