Postprivatization Corporate Governance: The Role of Ownership Structure and Investor Protection

50 Pages Posted: 13 May 2003

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Narjess Boubakri

American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management; HEC Montreal - Department of Finance

Omrane Guedhami

University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business

Jean-Claude Cosset

HEC Montreal

Date Written: April 2003

Abstract

We investigate the role of ownership structure and investor protection in postprivatization corporate governance. We find that the government relinquishes control over time, mainly to the benefit of local institutions and foreign investors. We also show that private ownership tends to concentrate over time. In addition to firm-level variables, investor protection, political and social stability explain the cross-firm differences in ownership concentration. We find that the positive effect of ownership concentration on firm performance matters more in countries with weak investor protection and that private domestic ownership leads to higher performance.

Keywords: Corporate Governance, Privatization, Performance

JEL Classification: G32, G38

Suggested Citation

Boubakri, Narjess and Guedhami, Omrane and Cosset, Jean-Claude, Postprivatization Corporate Governance: The Role of Ownership Structure and Investor Protection (April 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=406461 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.406461

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Omrane Guedhami

University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business ( email )

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Jean-Claude Cosset

HEC Montreal ( email )

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