Morten Bennedsen

INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences

André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise. Academic Director the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise. Professor in Economics

Boulevard de Constance

F-77305 Fontainebleau Cedex

France

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

Niels Bohr Professor

Øster Farimagsgade 5, Bygn 26

Copenhagen, 1353

Denmark

  • INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences

  • University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

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1.

Do Ceos Matter?

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-06-032
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Morten Bennedsen, Francisco Perez-Gonzalez and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance

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Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 132/2006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Francisco Perez-Gonzalez and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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family firms, successions, CEO turnover, governance

Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w12356
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Francisco Perez-Gonzalez and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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The Principle of Proportional Ownership, Investor Protection and Firm Value in Western Europe

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 134/2006
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 31 Oct 2006
Morten Bennedsen and Kasper Meisner Nielsen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance
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Ownership Structure, Dual Class Shares, Pyramids, EU company law

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Corporate Tax Havens and Transparency

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1272
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2017
Morten Bennedsen and Stefan Zeume
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Tax havens, firm value, entrenchment, tax avoidance

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Corporate Governance and Green Innovation

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2015
Mario Daniele Amore and Morten Bennedsen
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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corporate governance, environment, green innovation, patents

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The Value of Local Political Connections in a Low-Corruption Environment

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2013
Mario Daniele Amore and Morten Bennedsen
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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Political connections, Family ties, Rent extraction, Local politics

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Strong Firms Lobby, Weak Firms Bribe: A Survey-Based Analysis of the Demand for Influence and Corruption

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Nov 2009
Morten Bennedsen, Sven E. Feldmann and David Dreyer Lassen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Melbourne Business School and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Lobbying, corruption, political influence, governance

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Why Do Firms Have Boards?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Mar 2002
Morten Bennedsen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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corporate boards, governance, distributive conflicts, ultimate ownership

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The Family Business Map: Framework, Selective Survey, and Evidence from Chinese Family Firm Succession

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2014/53/EPS/WICFE
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Sep 2014
Morten Bennedsen, Joseph P. H. Fan, Ming Jian and Yin‐Hua Yeh
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National Chiao-Tung University
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Family firms, Family assets, Roadblocks, Succession

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Family Firms and Labor Market Regulation

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2014/62/EPS
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2015
Morten Bennedsen, Sterling Huang, Hannes F. Wagner and Stefan Zeume
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, New York University (NYU) - New York University (NYU), Shanghai, Bocconi University - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Family firms, Labor market regulation

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Political Ownership

University of Aarhus CLS Working Paper No. 98-009
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Aug 1999
Morten Bennedsen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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Neighborhood CEOs

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Neighborhood CEOs

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Jun 2022
Mario Daniele Amore, Morten Bennedsen and Birthe Larsen
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics
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Neighborhood CEOs

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17333
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Jun 2022
Mario Daniele Amore, Morten Bennedsen and Birthe Larsen
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics
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CEOs, geographic proximity, Management style, neighborhood values, working environment

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When MBAs Meet Henokiens: What can We Learn from Long-Lived Family Firms?

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When MBAs Meet Henokiens: What can We Learn from Long-Lived Family Firms?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/81
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2011
Morten Bennedsen and Ludo Van der Heyden
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and INSEAD - Technology and Operations Management
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When MBAs Meet Henokiens: What Can We Learn from Long-Lived Family Firms?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/81/EPS/EFE/TOM/WICFE
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2010
Morten Bennedsen and Ludo Van der Heyden
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and INSEAD - Technology and Operations Management
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The Impact of a Break-Through Rule on European Firms

Center for Economic and Business Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Nov 2002
Morten Bennedsen and Kasper Meisner Nielsen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance
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Do Firms Respond to Gender Pay Gap Transparency?

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Do Firms Respond to Gender Pay Gap Transparency?

NBER Working Paper No. w25435
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 15 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Morten Bennedsen, Elena Simintzi, Margarita Tsoutsoura and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Do Firms Respond to Gender Pay Gap Transparency?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14237
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 14 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 06 May 2020
Morten Bennedsen, Elena Simintzi, Margarita Tsoutsoura and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Difference-in-Discontinuities, Gender pay gap, transparency

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Drivers of Effort: Evidence from Employee Absenteeism

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2017/53/EPS
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2017
Morten Bennedsen, Margarita Tsoutsoura and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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family firms; organizational structure; employee effort

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Back to the Future: The Effect of Returning Family Successions on Firm Performance

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming, Bocconi University Management Research Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Mar 2021
Mario Daniele Amore, Morten Bennedsen, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller and Danny Miller
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, HEC Montreal - Department of Management and HEC Montreal
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Family Business, CEO Succession, Leadership, Performance

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The Family Behind the Family Firm: Evidence from Successions in Danish Firms

NYU Working Paper No. CLB-06-002
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Lobbying and Bribes - A Survey-Based Analysis of the Demand for Influence and Corruption

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3496
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Jun 2011
Morten Bennedsen, Sven E. Feldmann and David Dreyer Lassen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Melbourne Business School and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Private Contracting and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Provision of Tag-Along Rights in Brazil

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Mar 2011
Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen and Thomas Vester Nielsen
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance and Lloyd George Management
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Private contracting, Corporate governance, Brazil, Emerging markets

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Dynastic Control Without Ownership: Evidence from Post-War Japan

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Dynastic Control Without Ownership: Evidence from Post-War Japan

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 705/2020
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2020
Morten Bennedsen, Vikas Mehrotra, Jungwook Shim and Yupana Wiwattanakantang
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis, Kyoto Sangyo University and National University of Singapore - Department of Finance
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Family control, Ownership, Succession

Dynastic Control Without Ownership: Evidence from Post-War Japan

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15398
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Nov 2020
Morten Bennedsen, Vikas Mehrotra, Jungwook Shim and Yupana Wiwattanakantang
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis, Kyoto Sangyo University and National University of Singapore - Department of Finance
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Family control, ownership, Succession

Dynastic Control without Ownership: Evidence from Post‐war Japan

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Posted: 23 May 2021
Yupana Wiwattanakantang, Morten Bennedsen, Vikas Mehrotra and Jungwook Shim
National University of Singapore - Department of Finance, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis and Kyoto Sangyo University

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Family firm, Founders, Ownership, Succession, Corporate Governance, Japan

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A Survey of Asian Family Business Research

A Survey of Asian Family Business Research, 2022. Bennedsen, Morten, Lu, Yi-Chu, Mehrotra, Vikas. Asian Pacific Journal of Finansial Studies, forthcomming.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2022
Morten Bennedsen, Vikas Mehrotra and Yi-Chu Lu
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Family Firms, Asia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, India, Phillippene, India, Family Assets, Challenges

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Adaptive Contracting: The Trial-and-Error Approach to Outsourcing

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Dec 2003
Morten Bennedsen and Christian Schultz
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Incomplete Contracting, Trial and Error, Authority, Outsourcing, Procurement

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Outsourcing, Market Structure and Elections

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Dec 2003
Morten Bennedsen and Christian Schultz
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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Privatization, Incomplete Contracts, Market Power, Elections

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Placeholder CEOs

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 1012/2024
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Sep 2024
Mario Daniele Amore, Morten Bennedsen, Vikas Mehrotra, Jungwook Shim and Yupana Wiwattanakantang
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis, Kyoto Sangyo University and National University of Singapore - Department of Finance
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Family Control; Family Firms; Ownership; Succession; Corporate Governance

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Arm's Length Provision of Public Services

CESifo Working Paper No. 2161
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Morten Bennedsen and Christian Schultz
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics
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outsourcing, strategic delegation, incentives, incomplete contracting, market power, representative democracy

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Lobbying and Legislative Organization: The Effect of the Vote of Confidence Procedure

Business and Politics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2002
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 May 2006
Morten Bennedsen and Sven E. Feldmann
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Melbourne Business School
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information and lobbying, party coherence, coalition formation

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Why Firms Lay Off Workers Instead of Cutting Wages: Evidence From Linked Survey-Administrative Data 

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 04/2025, The paper has appeared in a Paper Series, which can be found here: https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/handle/11250/3177042 
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 10 Feb 2025
Antoine Bertheau, Marianna Kudlyak, Birthe Larsen and Morten Bennedsen
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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Wage rigidity, Layoffs

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Lobbying Bureaucrats

Scandinavian Journal of Economics 108(4), 643-668, 2006
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2023
Morten Bennedsen and Sven E. Feldmann
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Melbourne Business School
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Delegation; political institutions; interest group influence; divided government

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Why Firms Lay Off Workers Instead of Cutting Wages: Evidence from Linked Survey-Administrative Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17704
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 18 Feb 2025
Marianna Kudlyak, Antoine Bertheau, Birthe Larsen and Morten Bennedsen
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences
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wage rigidity, layoffs

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CEO Education and Corporate Environmental Footprint

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2020
Mario Daniele Amore, Morten Bennedsen, Birthe Larsen, Philip Rosenbaum and Philip Rosenbaum
Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology, INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics and Copenhagen Business School - Department of EconomicsUniversity of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

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CEOs; Education; Climate Change; Energy Efficiency

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Informational Lobbying and Political Contributions

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 90, Nos. 4-5, pp. 631-656, 2006
Posted: 17 May 2006
Sven E. Feldmann and Morten Bennedsen
Melbourne Business School and INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences

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Lobbying, Political contributions, Asymmetric information, Common agency

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Lobbying Legislatures

Posted: 06 Oct 2002
Morten Bennedsen and Sven E. Feldmann
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Melbourne Business School

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The Balance of Power in Closely Held Corporations

Posted: 18 May 2001
Morten Bennedsen and Daniel Wolfenzon
INSEAD - Economics and Political Sciences and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance

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Closely held corporations; Ownership structure; Control dilution; Controlling coalition; One-share - one vote