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Private benefits from control block trades in the Spanish stock exchange

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  • Inés Pérez-Soba Aguilar

    (Dpto. Economía Aplicada III)

  • Ana Rosa Martínez Cañete

    (Dpto. Economía Aplicada III)

  • Elena Márquez De la Cruz

    (Dpto. Economía Aplicada III)

Abstract

A control block trade can be explained by the expectation of financial gains, shared by all shareholders, or by the expectation of private benefits (PB), exclusive for the buyer and possibly at the expense of other shareholders’ rents. The market for corporate control contributes to social welfare when it improves the efficiency in the allocation of resources. When the purpose of block transaction is PB, social welfare could be damaged as minority shareholders could withdraw from the stock market. So the evaluation of PB will allow to assess the efficiency of the stock market. Using a sample of partial control transactions in the Spanish market over the period 1990-2016, we find that, in median, PB are null. Their variability is explained in a significant way by the controlling position of the buyers in the target firm after the transaction, the size of control of the “rival” insider and to the size of the firm. La compra de un bloque de control puede explicarse por los beneficios financieros esperados, compartidos por todos los accionistas, o por la expectativa de beneficios privados (BP), exclusivos para el comprador y obtenidos posiblemente a expensas de las rentas de los demás accionistas. El mercado de control societario contribuye al bienestar social cuando mejorar la eficiencia en la asignación de recursos. Cuando el objetivo de la compra del bloque son los BP, el bienestar social podría verse perjudicado ya que los accionistas minoritarios podrían retirarse del mercado de valores. Por lo tanto, la medición de los BP permitirá evaluar la eficiencia de la bolsa. Utilizando una muestra de transacciones de control parcial en el mercado español durante el período 1990-2016, encontramos que, en mediana, el BP es nulo. Su variabilidad se explica de forma significativa por la posición de control que alcanza el comprador tras la operación, el tamaño del control que posee el accionista “rival” y el tamaño de la empresa.

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  • Inés Pérez-Soba Aguilar & Ana Rosa Martínez Cañete & Elena Márquez De la Cruz, 2019. "Private benefits from control block trades in the Spanish stock exchange," Working Papers. Serie EC 2019-01, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasec:2019-01
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    Keywords

    beneficios privados; operaciones en el mercado de bloques; estructura accionarial; adquisiciones de control parcial; prima del bloque de control. private benefits; block trades; ownership structure; partial control acquisitions; control block premium.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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