Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154828 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 65.1997
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper uses clinical evidence to show how the German system of corporate control and governance is both more active and more hostile than has previously been suggested. It provides a complete breakdown of ownership and take-over defence patterns in German listed companies and finds highly fragmented (but not dispersed) ownership in non-majority controlled firms. We document how the accumulation of hostile stakes can be used to gain control of target companies given these ownership patterns. The paper also suggests an important role for banks in helping predators accumulate, and avoid the disclosure of, large stakes.
Subjects: 
Corporate governance
Block trades
Take-overs
Banks
Germany
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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