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Benefits of Control, Capital Structure and Company Growth
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Abstract This paper studies the influence of the benefits of control on the capital structure and the growth of private companies for a sample of 8,964 UK companies with limited liability observed for up to 5 years. It is hypothesised that companies in which existing owners would lose more control if they ex... view more
This paper studies the influence of the benefits of control on the capital structure and the growth of private companies for a sample of 8,964 UK companies with limited liability observed for up to 5 years. It is hypothesised that companies in which existing owners would lose more control if they expanded, have smaller equity increases, are more highly levered and grow more slowly. Potential loss of control is measured as the difference in the probability of winning a vote for the largest owner before and after a hypothetical equity increase. Evidence is found that is consistent with the hypotheses.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 2721-2734
Journal
Applied Economics, 40 (2008) 21
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600981622
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)