We investigated the characteristics and motives of Italian voluntary delisting observing a period of eleven years, 2001 to 2011. The final sample is made up of 53 industrial companies, compared with a control sample of 106 companies still listed in the period. Main goal is to assess if any signals can predict a delisting operation for listed companies in Italy and if Italian market shows differences with previous investigation in Continental Europe and US. Practical implications of results achieved can help to highlight on Public to Private phenomenon in Italy, still not enough observed considering the high number of delisted companies in the last decade relating to a relative small number of listed companies
Key Factors in Delisting Process in Italy. Empirical evidence / M., Tutino; Panetta, Ida Claudia; Laghi, Enrico. - In: GSTF JOURNAL ON BUSINESS REVIEW. - ISSN 2010-4804. - ELETTRONICO. - Vol. 2, N. 4:(2013), pp. 218-223. [10.5176/2010-4804_2.4.273]
Key Factors in Delisting Process in Italy. Empirical evidence
PANETTA, Ida Claudia;LAGHI, Enrico
2013
Abstract
We investigated the characteristics and motives of Italian voluntary delisting observing a period of eleven years, 2001 to 2011. The final sample is made up of 53 industrial companies, compared with a control sample of 106 companies still listed in the period. Main goal is to assess if any signals can predict a delisting operation for listed companies in Italy and if Italian market shows differences with previous investigation in Continental Europe and US. Practical implications of results achieved can help to highlight on Public to Private phenomenon in Italy, still not enough observed considering the high number of delisted companies in the last decade relating to a relative small number of listed companiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
