Dyck and Zingales’ private benefits of control – is it possible to use the empirical study in Czech Republic?

The paper discusses the possibility of practical application of the results of the empirical study of private benefits of control in the conditions of the Czech Republic. Firstly it emphasizes the theoretical contribution of the alternative view of control premium. In the second part it draws attention to the methodological and application problems of the results of the study. It explains why they are not general enough to become the lead to estimation of the control premium in business valuation practice.