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Block trades and the benefits of control in Slovenia1

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  • Aleksandra Gregoric
  • Cristina Vespro

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Ownership and control have been concentrating in most transition countries. The consolidation of control introduces changes in the power distribution within privatized firms and, most importantly, redirects the corporate governance problem to a conflict between large and small shareholders. In this study, we evaluate the ownership changes in Slovenian privatized firms through an analysis of stock price reactions to the entrance of a new blockholder (the shared benefits of control) and through an estimation of the premiums paid for large blocks (the private benefits of control). We provide evidence of and discuss the reasons for the failures of the privatization investment funds in implementing control over firm managers and in promoting the restructuring of firms in the first post‐privatization years.

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  • Aleksandra Gregoric & Cristina Vespro, 2009. "Block trades and the benefits of control in Slovenia1," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 17(1), pages 175-210, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:etrans:v:17:y:2009:i:1:p:175-210
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00332.x
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