Capital Structure, Earnings Management, and Risk of Financial Distress A Comparative Analysis of Family and Non-family Firms

This book analyzes the impacts that family control of firms has on capital structure choices, leverage and the risk of financial distress, earnings management practices, and the relation between accounting choices and firm market value. For these purposes, longitudinal data on Italian family and non...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gottardo, Pietro (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Moisello, Anna Maria
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2019.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
SpringerBriefs in Business.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book analyzes the impacts that family control of firms has on capital structure choices, leverage and the risk of financial distress, earnings management practices, and the relation between accounting choices and firm market value. For these purposes, longitudinal data on Italian family and non-family non-financial firms are closely analyzed. The Italian setting is of special interest in this context because family businesses account for 94% of GDP, families are particularly committed to maintaining control of firms, and the economy is bank based rather than market based. The analyses draw on the socioemotional wealth approach, which emphasizes the importance of the stock of emotional value in family firms, in combination with financial theories such as Pecking Order Theory, Trade-off Theory, and Agency Theory. The findings cast significant new light on differences between family and non-family firms and the effects of different forms of family influence. The book will have broad appeal for academics, managers, practitioners, and policymakers.
Descripción Física:VI, 99 p. : 6 il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783030003449