We argue that changes in the inheritance system affect incentives leading to sibling rivalry among descendants and therefore have a material impact on family firm performance. Using South Korea's 1991 inheritance law reform that stipulates the equal distribution of a deceased person's property...

We argue that changes in the inheritance system affect the incentives toward sibling rivalry among descendants, thereby having a material impact on family firm performance. Using South Korea's 1991 inheritance law reform that stipulates the equal distribution of a deceased person's property to...

Using a sample of 22,442 firm-year observations for 3,721 U.S. listed firms, we show that family firms, on average, issue annual reports with higher readability than do nonfamily firms. Higher readability could occur due to lower obfuscation or less information conveyance. By controlling for...

Stock price crash risk could be lower in family firms because the controlling family investorshave a longer-term interest, hold greater decision rights and are better informed thaninvestors in diffusely owned firms (alignment effect). However, the agency costs betweenfamily and nonfamily...

While prior literature suggests that family firms with a positive corporate image are associated with superior financial performance, their effectiveness in creating firm brand value is not well understood. In this paper, we use Interbrand's global brand value data published between 2001 and...