Financial Markets, Industry Dynamics, and Growth

55 Pages Posted: 28 Aug 2014

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Maurizio Iacopetta

OFCE (Centre de recherche en Economie de Sciences Po); SKEMA Business School - Sophia Antipolis Campus

Raoul Minetti

Michigan State University - Department of Economics

Pietro F. Peretto

Duke University - Department of Economics; Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative

Date Written: August 27, 2014

Abstract

We study the impact of corporate governance frictions in an economy where growth is driven both by the foundation of new firms and by the in-house investment of incumbent firms. Firms' managers engage in tunneling and empire building activities. Active shareholders monitor managers, but can shirk on their monitoring, to the detriment of minority (passive) shareholders. The analysis reveals that these conflicts among firms' stakeholders inhibit the entry of new firms, thereby increasing market concentration. Despite depressing investment returns in the short run, the frictions can however lead incumbents to invest more aggressively in the long run to exploit the concentrated market structure. By means of quantitative analysis, we characterize conditions under which corporate governance reforms boost or reduce welfare.

Keywords: Endogenous Growth, Market Structure, Financial Frictions, Corporate Governance

JEL Classification: E44, O40, G30

Suggested Citation

Iacopetta, Maurizio and Minetti, Raoul and Peretto, Pietro F., Financial Markets, Industry Dynamics, and Growth (August 27, 2014). Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 172, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2488039 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2488039

Maurizio Iacopetta

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