Capital Markets and Firm Organization: How Financial Development Shapes European Corporate Groups

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corporate groups
financial development
internal capital markets
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
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Belenzon, Sharon
Berkovitz, Tomer
Rios, Luis A
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We investigate the effect of financial development on the formation of European corporate groups. Because cross-country regressions are hard to interpret in a causal sense, we exploit exogenous industry measures to investigate a specific channel through which financial development may affect group affiliation: internal capital markets. Using a comprehensive firm-level data set on European corporate groups in 15 countries, we find that countries with less developed financial markets have a higher percentage of group affiliates in more capital-intensive industries. This relationship is more pronounced for young and small firms and for affiliates of large and diversified groups. Our findings are consistent with the view that internal capital markets may, under some conditions, be more efficient than prevailing external markets, and that this may drive group affiliation even in developed economies.

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2013-06-01
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Management Science
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