Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure

This study aims to explore the influence of the controlling shareholders' equity pledge on the company's investment structure and simultaneously investigate the regulatory effect of the ownership nature on the controlling shareholders' equity pledge and investment structure. We take C...

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Main Authors: Duan, Qianqi, Mohd Nor, Normaziah, Selamat, Aslam Izah
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Language:English
Published: AESS Publications 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111526/
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author Duan, Qianqi
Mohd Nor, Normaziah
Selamat, Aslam Izah
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Mohd Nor, Normaziah
Selamat, Aslam Izah
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description This study aims to explore the influence of the controlling shareholders' equity pledge on the company's investment structure and simultaneously investigate the regulatory effect of the ownership nature on the controlling shareholders' equity pledge and investment structure. We take China Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies as the research object, covering the data from 2013 to 2021, including 14,870 firm-year observations. The results show that the stock pledge behavior of the controlling shareholder tends to encourage the company to make more financial investments than physical investments. In addition, we find that ownership nature helps alleviate the above relationship to a certain extent. It is worth noting that non-manufacturing companies and non-big4 companies have a stronger positive impact on the company's investment structure than manufacturing companies and big4 companies. Finally, we also test the robustness of the research results using the propensity score matching method and the adding control variables method, which is consistent with the results of the baseline regression analysis. The proportion of equity pledged by controlling shareholders should be controlled, especially when the proportion of financial assets in the company's investment structure is too high. This measure can reduce the risk of financialization and maintain the stability of the financial market.
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spelling upm-1115262024-08-04T10:21:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111526/ Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure Duan, Qianqi Mohd Nor, Normaziah Selamat, Aslam Izah This study aims to explore the influence of the controlling shareholders' equity pledge on the company's investment structure and simultaneously investigate the regulatory effect of the ownership nature on the controlling shareholders' equity pledge and investment structure. We take China Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies as the research object, covering the data from 2013 to 2021, including 14,870 firm-year observations. The results show that the stock pledge behavior of the controlling shareholder tends to encourage the company to make more financial investments than physical investments. In addition, we find that ownership nature helps alleviate the above relationship to a certain extent. It is worth noting that non-manufacturing companies and non-big4 companies have a stronger positive impact on the company's investment structure than manufacturing companies and big4 companies. Finally, we also test the robustness of the research results using the propensity score matching method and the adding control variables method, which is consistent with the results of the baseline regression analysis. The proportion of equity pledged by controlling shareholders should be controlled, especially when the proportion of financial assets in the company's investment structure is too high. This measure can reduce the risk of financialization and maintain the stability of the financial market. AESS Publications 2024-04-18 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111526/1/Equity%20Pledge%20Of%20Controlling%20Shareholders%20And%20Investment%20Structure.pdf Duan, Qianqi and Mohd Nor, Normaziah and Selamat, Aslam Izah (2024) Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure. Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, 12 (2). pp. 124-137. ISSN 2313-2884; EISSN: 2312-3656 https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5009/article/download/5050/7926 10.55493/5009.v12i2.5050
spellingShingle Duan, Qianqi
Mohd Nor, Normaziah
Selamat, Aslam Izah
Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title_full Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title_fullStr Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title_full_unstemmed Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title_short Equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
title_sort equity pledge of controlling shareholders and investment structure
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111526/1/Equity%20Pledge%20Of%20Controlling%20Shareholders%20And%20Investment%20Structure.pdf