Graeme G. Acheson
Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain
Acheson, Graeme G.; Campbell, Gareth; Turner, John D.; Vanteeva, Nadia
Authors
Gareth Campbell
John D. Turner
Nadia Vanteeva
Abstract
© Economic History Society 2014. Using ownership and control data for 890 firm-years, this article examines the concentration of capital and voting rights in British companies in the second half of the nineteenth century. We find that both capital and voting rights were diffuse by modern-day standards. However, this does not necessarily mean that there was a modern-style separation of ownership from control in Victorian Britain. One major implication of our findings is that diffuse ownership was present in the UK much earlier than previously thought, and given that it occurred in an era with weak shareholder protection law, it somewhat undermines the influential law and finance hypothesis. We also find that diffuse ownership is correlated with large boards, a London head office, non-linear voting rights, and shares traded on multiple markets.
Citation
Acheson, G. G., Campbell, G., Turner, J. D., & Vanteeva, N. (2015). Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain. Economic History Review, 68(3), 911-936. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12086
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Nov 10, 2014 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 6, 2019 |
Journal | Economic History Review |
Print ISSN | 1468-0289 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-0289 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 68 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 911-936 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12086 |
Keywords | corporate, ownership, control, Victorian Britain |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/830281 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12086 |
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