Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / M. Becht and C. Mayer
  • The separation of ownership and control in Austria / K. Gugler, S. Kalss, A. Stomper, and J. Zechner
  • Shareholding cascades: the separation of ownership and control in Belgium / M. Becht, A. Chapelle, and L. Renneboog
  • Ownership and voting power in France / L. Bloch and E. Kremp
  • Ownership and voting power in Germany / M. Becht and E. Bömer
  • Pyramidal groups and the separation between ownership and control in Italy / M. Bianchi, M. Bianco, and L. Enriques
  • Ownership and control in the Netherlands / A. de Jong, R. Kabir, T. Marra, and A Röell
  • Ownership and control of Spanish listed firms / R. Crespí-Cladera and M. A. García-Cestona
  • Ownership and control in Sweden: strong owners, weak miorities, and social control / J. Agnblad, E. Berglöf, P. Högfeldt, and H. Svancar
  • Strong managers and passive institutional investors in the United Kingdom / M. Goergen and L. Renneboog
  • Beneficial ownership in the United States / M. Becht.