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Delegation, Ownership Concentration and R&D Spending: Evidence From Italy

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  • Jakub Kastl

    (Stanford University)

  • David Martimort

    (PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Salvatore Piccolo

    (University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)

Abstract

We use data from the Italian manufacturing industry to document a positive correlation between delegation and R&D. This result is robust to controlling for the determinants of R&D such as human capital, capital intensity and sectoral or regional effects. We further investigate the determinants of delegation and find that ownership concentration is significantly related to delegation. Among large firms with a dispersed ownership structure, larger ownership concentration implies less delegation, whereas the opposite emerges with more concentrated ownership. Differences between the Northern and Southern regions in terms of firms' propensity to delegate decisions and engage in R&D also emerge.

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  • Jakub Kastl & David Martimort & Salvatore Piccolo, 2013. "Delegation, Ownership Concentration and R&D Spending: Evidence From Italy," Post-Print hal-00813160, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00813160
    DOI: 10.1111/joie.12012
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