原文:ManagerialOwnershipandCorporatePerformanceinSlovenianPost-PrivatizationPeriodAbstractWhileSlovenianpost-privatizationperiodhasbeencharacterizedbyadeclineintheownershipofthenon-managerialowners(employees),managershavebeenincreasingtheircontrol.Moreover,giventhattheoptimalownershipstake(asstatedbythemanagers)intheyear2002exceededtheiractualshareby10.8percentagepoints,weexpectthemanagerstocontinueconsolidatingtheirownershipalsointhefuture.TheaimofourpaperistodescribethemaintrendsintheownershipofSloveniancorporationsinthepost-privatizationperiodandtoprovideananswertothebasiceconomicquestion:whatistheinfluenceoftheongoingconsolidationofmanagerialownershipontheperformanceofSlovenianfirms.Theempiricalanalysistestingthisrelationshipisbasedonapanelof182Slovenianfirmsintheperiod1995-99anddoesnotproviderelevantevidenceonpositiveeffectsoftheincreasingmanagerialcontrolontheperformanceofSlovenianfirms.Ifany,positiveincentiveeffectisobservedonlyinthefirmswithmanagers’holdingsexceeding10-percent,onlywithregardstofirmfinancialperformance(butnottotalfactorproductivity)andonlyinfirmsthatarenotlistedonthecapitalmarket.Furthermore,thenegativeeffectofthecurrentgapbetweentheoptimalandactualmanagerialownershipseemstoprevailoveranypositiveincentiveeffectarisingoutofmanagerialownership.IntroductionTheincreasingmanagerialownership,apartfromthereductionintheownershipofState-controlledfundsandemployees,representoneofthemainfeaturesthatcharacterizetheownershipchangesintheSlovenianpost-privatizationperiod.Mostprominentaretheincreasesinmanagerialstakesinnon-listedfirms,inwhichthetransferofownershiprealizesatrelativelylowpricesandmostlyremainpubliclyundisclosed.Moreover,giventhatSlovenianmanagersstillclaimtobeunsatisfiedwiththeircurrentownershipstakes(attheendof2002theoptimalownershipstakeofanaverageSlovenianmanagerexceededhisactualownershipstakeby10.8percentagepoints),weexpecttheobservedtrendsintheevolutionoftheownershipandcontrolofSloveniancorporationstocontinueinthesamedirectionalsothefuture.TheaccumulationofownershipinthehandsofmanagersisfurthermotivatedbytherelativelylowtransparencyoftheownershiptransfersinSlovenia.Inanycase,itisnottheaimofthispapertodiscussthefairnessoftheobservedredistributionoftheprivatizedcapital,neithertodealwiththeimportanceofsuchredistributionforthepreservationofthedomesticownership,butrathertoprovideananswertothebasiceconomicquestion,namelytodeterminetheimpactoftheobservedincreasesinthemanagerialownershipontheperformanceofSlovenianfirms.Westartinthesecondsectionwithanoverviewofthemanagerialownershipasacorporategovernancemechanisminthedevelopedmarketeconomies.ThirdsectionprovidesfurtherevidenceontheroleofthemanagerialandinsiderownershipintransitioneconomiesandespeciallyinSlovenia(section4).FifthsectionstatesthemainhypothesesontheinfluenceofthemanagerialownershiponfirmperformanceinSlovenia.Themainempiricalmodelsunderlyingtheanalysisoftherelationbetweenmanagerialownershipandfirmeconomicefficiencyandfinancialperformancearepresentedinthesixthsection.Thelastsectionstatesthemainempiricalresultsandconcludes.ManagerialownershipasacorporategovernancemechanismBlockholdingsrepresentoneofthemainfactorsofdistinctionbetweentheinsider(ContinentalEuropean)andoutsider(Anglo-Saxon)systemsofcorporategovernance.WhiletheownershipandcontrolstructureofmostofthecorporationslistedintheUnite...