The Control of Corporate Europe [Hardcover]

This volume describes how listed companies are controlled in nine different European countries, and includes a chapter on the USA, allowing transatlantic comparison. Each country study provides an analysis of standardized measures of the size and distribution of voting power, and then explores the aspects of corporate control that are most prominent in the country concerned.

1. The Control of Corporate Europe,M. Becht and C. Mayer
2. The Separation of Ownership and Control in Austria,K. Gugler, S. Kalss, A. Stomper, and J. Zechner
3. Shareholding Cascades: The Separation of Ownership and Control in Belgium,M. Becht, A. Chapelle, and L. Renneboog
4. Ownership and Voting Power in France,L. Bloch and E. Kremp
5. Ownership and Voting Power in Germany,M. Becht and E. Boehmer
6. Pyramidal Groups and the Separation between Ownership and Control in Italy,M. Bianchi, M. Bianco, and L. Enriques
7. Ownership and Control in the Netherlands,A. de Jong, R. Kabir, T. Marra, and A. Roell
8. Ownership and Control of Spanish Listed Firms,R. Crespi and M. Garcia-Cestona
9. Ownership and Control in Sweden---Strong Owners, Weak Minorities, and Social Control,J. Agnblad, E. Berglof, P. Hogfeldt, and H. Svancar
10. Strong Managers and Passive Institutional Investors in the United Kingdom,M. Goergen and L. Renneboog
11. Beneficial Ownership in the United States,M. Becht
Appendix IThe Large Holdings Directive
Appendix IIComparative Tables