Many listed companies around the world are controlled by under-diversified family blockholders, who bear idiosyncratic risk in addition to systematic risk. In this paper, we assume that these shareholders require private benefits to compensate for the additional risk. We propose a simple...

We investigate the role of board directors from financial institutions (financial interlocks) on the relationship between ownership structure and the cost of debt. In Italy, ownership is largely concentrated often in families, and financial institutions are the primary source of funding for...