Link Download ebook Free: https://ouo.io/8QYTPu Capital Structure, Earnings Management, and Risk of Financial Distress A Comparative Analysis of Family and Non-family Firms By: Pietro Gottardo; Anna Maria Moisello Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783030003432, 3030003434 eText ISBN: 9783030003449, 3030003442 Copyright year: 2019 Format: EPUB Available from $ 69.99 USD SKU 9783030003449 This book analyzes the impacts that family control of firms has on capital structure choices, leverage and the risk of financial distress, earnings management practices, and the relation between accounting choices and firm market value. For these purposes, longitudinal data on Italian family and non-family non-financial firms are closely analyzed. The Italian setting is of special interest in this context because family businesses account for 94% of GDP, families are particularly committed to maintaining control of firms, and the economy is bank based rather than market based. The analyses draw on the socioemotional wealth approach, which emphasizes the importance of the stock of emotional value in family firms, in combination with financial theories such as Pecking Order Theory, Trade-off Theory, and Agency Theory. The findings cast significant new light on differences between family and non-family firms and the effects of different forms of family influence. The book will have broad appeal for academics, managers, practitioners, and policymakers.
