2010
DOI: 10.1017/s0007680500002191
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The Corporate Pyramid Fable

Abstract: Although corporate pyramids are currently commonplace world-wide and although there have been “noteworthy pyramiders” in American business history, this controversial form of corporate organization is now a rarity in the United States. The conventional wisdom is that corporate pyramids disappeared in the U.S. when New Deal policymakers began taxing dividends paid to corporate shareholders. This version of events is more fable than truth. The introduction of the intercorporate dividend tax did not foster a rapi… Show more

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“…And, some public utilities groups persisted to 1950, albeit flattened to two-tier pyramids. These findings are consistent with recent work arguing that the PUHCA was economically important (Morck, 2005a, p. 152;Bank and Cheffins, 2010;Mahony, 2012;Perez-Gonzales, 2014), but weigh heavily against it being the sole factor responsible for the demise of pyramiding in the US.…”
Section: The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act (Puhca) Of 1935supporting
confidence: 89%
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“…And, some public utilities groups persisted to 1950, albeit flattened to two-tier pyramids. These findings are consistent with recent work arguing that the PUHCA was economically important (Morck, 2005a, p. 152;Bank and Cheffins, 2010;Mahony, 2012;Perez-Gonzales, 2014), but weigh heavily against it being the sole factor responsible for the demise of pyramiding in the US.…”
Section: The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act (Puhca) Of 1935supporting
confidence: 89%
“…Perez-Gonzales (2014) finds that the PUHCA improved the performance of divested ex-pyramidal group member firms (although it is not clear from this finding why these firms were not divested independently of the PUHCA). Bank and Cheffins (2010) argue that the PUHCA was crucial in ending pyramidal groups which had already become rare in the United States by the 1930s, and that those that still existed were in public utilities sectors. Their claims are not fully consistent with data and findings reported here.…”
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“…Spotyka się je także w krajach postsocjalistycznych, takich jak Rosja czy Ukraina. Jednocześnie jako forma własności i kontroli struktury piramidowe pozostają słabo rozpoznane przy braku spójnej i przekonującej teorii, która tłumaczyłaby ich powstawanie, funkcjonowanie i utrzymywanie się w długim horyzoncie czasu [Bank, Cheffins 2010;Almeida i in. 2011].…”
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“…Posiadając udziały większościo-we w głównej firmie znajdującej się na szczycie piramidy, jest on w stanie kontrolować inną spółkę, która z kolei umożliwia mu kontrolę nad spółkami będącymi na niższym poziomie [Almeida, Wolfenzon 2006]. Liczba formowanych w ten sposób poziomów piramidy może być niemal nieograniczona [Bank, Cheffins 2010]. Typowa struktura składa się z kilku do dziesię-ciu warstw [Attig, Fischer, Gadhoum 2004].…”
Section: Struktury Piramidowe Jako Forma Kontroliunclassified
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