The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for?
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Data de Publicação: | 2017 |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/25779 |
Resumo: | Agency costs as a result of the separation of ownership and control within a firm can be a hurdle to the performance and profitability. It has been suggested that these costs can be reduced by the presence of a single large shareholder monitoring management and their decisions. On the contrary it has also been argued that a large shareholder negatively affects firm performance by deriving personal benefits from the firm and making suboptimal decisions. This research aims to investigate the relationship between the profitability of a firm and the level to which the shares of that firm are concentrated into a single shareholder. A random effects GLS panel regression is used to determine the effect of a large shareholder being present in Spanish and Portuguese firms by studying firms listed on these bourses over the period 2005 – 2014. The results show that a large shareholder has a negative influence in the Portuguese market, and no statistically significant effect in the Spanish market. |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for?Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoAgency costs as a result of the separation of ownership and control within a firm can be a hurdle to the performance and profitability. It has been suggested that these costs can be reduced by the presence of a single large shareholder monitoring management and their decisions. On the contrary it has also been argued that a large shareholder negatively affects firm performance by deriving personal benefits from the firm and making suboptimal decisions. This research aims to investigate the relationship between the profitability of a firm and the level to which the shares of that firm are concentrated into a single shareholder. A random effects GLS panel regression is used to determine the effect of a large shareholder being present in Spanish and Portuguese firms by studying firms listed on these bourses over the period 2005 – 2014. The results show that a large shareholder has a negative influence in the Portuguese market, and no statistically significant effect in the Spanish market.Ferraz, Duarte PittaRochman, RicardoRUNBray, Matthew Robert2018-01-20T01:30:26Z2017-01-202017-01-20T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/25779TID:201716895enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:13:30Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/25779Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:28:19.925999Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? Bray, Matthew Robert Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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The power of a single large shareholder in Iberianfirms: friend or for? |
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Bray, Matthew Robert |
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Bray, Matthew Robert |
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Ferraz, Duarte Pitta Rochman, Ricardo RUN |
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Bray, Matthew Robert |
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Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Agency costs as a result of the separation of ownership and control within a firm can be a hurdle to the performance and profitability. It has been suggested that these costs can be reduced by the presence of a single large shareholder monitoring management and their decisions. On the contrary it has also been argued that a large shareholder negatively affects firm performance by deriving personal benefits from the firm and making suboptimal decisions. This research aims to investigate the relationship between the profitability of a firm and the level to which the shares of that firm are concentrated into a single shareholder. A random effects GLS panel regression is used to determine the effect of a large shareholder being present in Spanish and Portuguese firms by studying firms listed on these bourses over the period 2005 – 2014. The results show that a large shareholder has a negative influence in the Portuguese market, and no statistically significant effect in the Spanish market. |
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