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Corporate Risk-Taking and Ownership Structure

Authors: Paligorova, Teodora;

Corporate Risk-Taking and Ownership Structure

Abstract

L'étude porte sur les déterminants de la prise de risques en entreprise. Les actionnaires qui ont des intérêts considérables dans une seule firme ont tendance à préconiser la prudence en matière de politiques d'investissement parce qu'ils sont davantage exposés aux risques. À partir d'un vaste échantillon multipays, l'auteure découvre qu'il existe une relation positive entre la prise de risques et la part des capitaux propres détenue par l'actionnaire principal. Ce résultat ne vaut que pour les investisseurs qui sont actionnaires principaux de plus d'une entreprise. À la différence des fonds communs de placement, des banques et des sociétés financières et industrielles, les actionnaires familiaux évitent la prise de risques à mesure que leur participation augmente. La prise de risques s'accroît lorsque les droits des actionnaires bénéficient d'une meilleure protection juridique que ceux des créanciers, et elle diminue dans le cas contraire.

This paper investigates the determinants of corporate risk taking. Shareholders with substantial equity ownership in a single company may advocate conservative investment policies due to greater exposure to firm risk. Using a large cross-country sample, I find a positive relationship between corporate risk taking and equity ownership of the largest shareholder. This result is entirely driven by investors holding the largest equity stakes in more than one company. Family shareholders avoid corporate risk taking as their ownership increases unlike mutual funds, banks, financial and industrial companies. Stronger legal protection of shareholder rights is associated with more risk taking, while stronger legal protection of creditor rights reduces risk taking.

Keywords

ddc:330, Eigentümerstruktur, Welt, Financial markets, International topics, G31, Unternehmensfinanzierung, G34, Risikopräferenz, Familienunternehmen, Unternehmensentwicklung

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influence
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