Owners' Portfolio Diversification and Firm Investment: Theory and Evidence from Private and Public Firms

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Evgeny Lyandres

Tel Aviv University

Maria‐Teresa Marchica

The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

Roni Michaely

The University of Hong Kong; ECGI

Roberto Mura

University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

Date Written: April 4, 2018

Abstract

Portfolio diversification of firms' controlling owners influences their firms' capital investment. Empirically, the effect of owners' portfolio diversification on their firms' investment levels is positive for publicly-traded firms and tends to be negative for privately-held ones. These findings are consistent with predictions of a model in which a risk-averse investor simultaneously chooses her portfolio structure, and the level and riskiness of capital investment of the firm she controls, and in which the firm can be potentially constrained in its capital investment choices. Overall, our results indicate that owners' portfolio underdiversification and firms' financial constraints can impact firms' resource allocation.

Keywords: diversification, strategies, private firms

JEL Classification: G11, G15, G31, G32

Suggested Citation

Lyandres, Evgeny and Marchica, Maria‐Teresa and Michaely, Roni and Mura, Roberto, Owners' Portfolio Diversification and Firm Investment: Theory and Evidence from Private and Public Firms (April 4, 2018). Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 18-2013, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2234195 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2234195

Evgeny Lyandres (Contact Author)

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Maria‐Teresa Marchica

The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School ( email )

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Roni Michaely

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Roberto Mura

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