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The effect of ownership structure on firm performance: Additional evidence
Author(s) -
Han Ki C.,
Suk David Y.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
review of financial economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1873-5924
pISSN - 1058-3300
DOI - 10.1016/s1058-3300(99)80150-5
Subject(s) - insider , shareholder , stock (firearms) , equity (law) , business , monetary economics , insider trading , institutional investor , accounting , corporate governance , economics , finance , mechanical engineering , political science , law , engineering
This article examines the effect of ownership structure on corporate performance, using stock returns as a measure of performance. Based on the 1988–1992 sample period, we find that the level of insider ownership is positively related to stock returns. This result suggests that as managers' equity ownership increases, their interests coincide more with those of outside shareholders. But we also find that the square of the level of insider ownership is inversely related to stock returns, indicating that excessive insider ownership rather hurts corporate performance probably due to the problem associated with managers' entrenchment. Finally, we find that stock returns are positively related to institutional ownership, indicating that institutional owners are active in monitoring management.