2001
DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2001.3678
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La répartition des droits de vote, leur exercice et l’efficacité économique

Abstract: Cet article présente une revue de la littérature sur la répartition des droits de vote et la défense des intérêts des actionnaires minoritaires. La répartition des droits de vote au prorata de la participation au capital assure généralement la plus grande efficacité économique. La dispersion de l'actionnariat est un cas d'école : en Europe continentale, et notamment en France et en Italie, le capital des entreprises cotées est très concentré et l'actionnariat de type familial est dominant. Un des déterminants … Show more

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“…Not surprisingly, only 5.50% (15.10%) of the French listed firms are 14. This difference is mainly due to the fact that Faccio and Lang (2000) do not consider non-traded registered high voting shares-widely used among listed French firms-and do not trace pyramids back beyond unlisted firms, which jointly sharply understate the ownership-control discrepancy measure and give a sketchy description of ultimate owners (see Hamon [2001]). widely held.…”
Section: A Descriptive Statisticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Not surprisingly, only 5.50% (15.10%) of the French listed firms are 14. This difference is mainly due to the fact that Faccio and Lang (2000) do not consider non-traded registered high voting shares-widely used among listed French firms-and do not trace pyramids back beyond unlisted firms, which jointly sharply understate the ownership-control discrepancy measure and give a sketchy description of ultimate owners (see Hamon [2001]). widely held.…”
Section: A Descriptive Statisticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This structure can reduce agency costs caused by the opportunism of the professional manager and improve performance. Moreover, the dominant shareholders may exercise their discretionary power to the detriment of the interests of minority shareholders (Hamon and Hamon 2001). Dominant shareholders appropriate private profits instead of internalizing and sharing them.…”
Section: Shareholding Structure and Dividend Distribution Policymentioning
confidence: 99%