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Determinants of ownership concentration in the Chilean stock market

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  • Meléndez, María José
  • Morales, Marco
  • Ramírez, Vanessa

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This paper analyses econometrically the determinants of ownership concentration in the Chilean stock market, paying particular attention to the effects of the Public Tender Offer Act (Ley de Ofertas Públicas de Adquisición de Acciones). Although the Public Tender Offer Act achieves its central purpose, the tender offer mechanism increases the concentration of ownership, mainly because of the "residual tender offer" obligation for which the Act provides. In addition, the study has found significant opposite responses between the controlling shareholder and the next two largest shareholders, which should sound a warning for international comparisons based on a common measure of ownership concentration that do not take account of the ownership structures characterizing Latin American markets. These aspects must be considered if the regulatory goals aimed at by minority shareholder protection bills are to be achieved.

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  • Meléndez, María José & Morales, Marco & Ramírez, Vanessa, 2013. "Determinants of ownership concentration in the Chilean stock market," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecr:col070:36989
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    1. Sakthi Mahenthiran & Tom Gjerde & Berta Silva, 2020. "Stock Market Contagion during the Global Financial Crises: Evidence from the Chilean Stock Market," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-22, April.
    2. William Gonzalo Vega Salas & Ziliang Deng, 2017. "High ownership concentration and exporting of emerging market firms: evidence from Peru," Frontiers of Business Research in China, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Jorge Andrés Munoz Mendoza & Sandra María Sepúlveda Yelpo & Carmen Lissette Veloso Ramos, 2018. "Effects of Corporate Policies and Governance Practices on Ownership Structure: Evidence from Chilean Firms," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 10(2), pages 269-286, November.

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