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1、本科毕业论文(设计)外文翻译原文:TheRoleofInvestment,FinancingandDividendDecisionsinExplainingCorporateOwnershipStructure:EmpiricalEvidencefromSpain1、IntroductionThereisextensivetheoreticalandempiricalresearchonhowcorporateownershipstructureinfluencesfinancing,dividendandinvestmentdec
2、isions.However,thereislittleevidenceonthedeterminantsofownershipstructure,especiallyontheeffectoftheseinvestment,financinganddividenddecisionsonafirm’sinsideandoutsideshareholdings.Theclearreversaloftheeffectofownershipstructureoninvestment,financinganddividenddecision
3、s,andtheresultingendogeneity,discouragesresearchersfromaddressingsuchananalysis.WeovercomethisdrawbackthankstotheuseoftheGeneralisedMethodofMoments(GMM).Thisestimationmethodcontrolsfortheendogeneityproblemand,consequently,itallowsustostudytheroleplayedbyinvestment,fina
4、ncinganddividenddecisionsinexplainingcorporateownershipstructureinordertoprovidenewevidenceononeofthemostinterestingtopicsincorporategovernance.Ourpapermakesasignificantcontributiontothecorporategovernanceliteratureinatleastthreeways.First,weoffernewevidenceonthedeterm
5、inantsofcorporateownershipstructure,mainlyfocusingontheeffectsofinvestment,financinganddividenddecisionsoninsiderstakesandownershipconcentrationlevels.Second,weanalysetheinteractionbetweeninsiderownershipandownershipconcentration,bothofwhichareconsideredasagency-costco
6、ntrolmechanisms,bytakingintoaccounttheconvergenceofinterestsandentrenchmenteffectsinthecaseofownershipconcentration.Third,wecontributenewevidencetocorporategovernancebyfocusingontheSpanishcase.Infact,theSpanishcaseisinterestinginitselfbecauseSpainisacivillawcountryand,
7、accordingtoLaPortaetal.(1998),protectionofSpanishinvestorsisweakerthanthatoftheirUKandUScounterparts.Asaconsequence,thereislikelytobeopportunisticbehavioronthepartofentrenchedmanagersandexpropriationactivitiesonthepartofmajorityowners,asdocumentedinMigueletal.(2004).Co
8、nsequently,theaimofthispaperistoanalysetheroleplayedbyinvestment,financinganddividenddecisionsinexplainingcorporateow