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Ownership structure and investment finance in transition economies A survey of evidence from large firms in Hungary and Poland1

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  • Igor Filatotchev
  • Natalia Isachenkova
  • Tomasz Mickiewicz

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Using survey data on 157 large private Hungarian and Polish companies this paper investigates links between ownership structures and CEOs’ expectations with regard to sources of finance for investment. The Bayesian estimation is used to deal with the small sample restrictions, while classical methods provide robustness checks. We found a hump‐shaped relationship between ownership concentration and expectations of relying on public equity. The latter is most likely for firms where the largest investor owns between 25 percent and 49 percent of shares, just below the legal control threshold. More profitable firms rely on retained earnings for their investment finance, consistent with the ‘pecking order’ theory of financing. Finally, firms for which the largest shareholder is a domestic institutional investor are more likely to borrow from domestic banks.

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  • Igor Filatotchev & Natalia Isachenkova & Tomasz Mickiewicz, 2007. "Ownership structure and investment finance in transition economies A survey of evidence from large firms in Hungary and Poland1," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 15(3), pages 433-460, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:etrans:v:15:y:2007:i:3:p:433-460
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00295.x
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    5. Grubisic Seba, Mihaela & Orsag, Silvije, 2015. "Corporate Motives For Public Shares Offering During The Financial Crisis," UTMS Journal of Economics, University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia, vol. 6(1), pages 99-114.
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    9. Kalyuzhnova, Yelena & Nygaard, Christian, 2009. "Resource nationalism and credit growth in FSU countries," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(11), pages 4700-4710, November.

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