Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?

Despite the extensive privatization achievements over the last decades, government ownership of publicly traded companies remains pervasive around the world. Consistent with past evidence of structural change in the beta coefficient during financial crises, the more recent economic recession of 2014...

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Autores principales: Rafaela Vitoria, Aureliano Angel Bressan, Robert Aldo Iquiapaza
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d40bae861155416fa420c5be6f0225212021-11-11T15:48:08ZDo State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?1807-734X10.15728/bbr.2020.17.5.1https://doaj.org/article/d40bae861155416fa420c5be6f0225212020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123064464001https://doaj.org/toc/1807-734XDespite the extensive privatization achievements over the last decades, government ownership of publicly traded companies remains pervasive around the world. Consistent with past evidence of structural change in the beta coefficient during financial crises, the more recent economic recession of 2014 to 2016 in Brazil presents an opportunity to demonstrate the disadvantages of allocating investment in companies that are publicly traded, but are controlled by the government. Constructing a portfolio of publicly traded State Owned Enterprises, we find that the financial crisis produced a significant increase in risk exposure, results that were much more pronounced when compared with a portfolio of privatized companies. The results also indicate that, in addition to a market factor, the poor performance can be explained by controllership. We believe this study adds to the long-standing debate on whether state-owned firms perform worse than private firms, with higher volatility and lower returns, particularly, during a period of financial crisis.Rafaela VitoriaAureliano Angel BressanRobert Aldo IquiapazaFUCAPE Business Schoolarticlestate ownershipprivatizationasset pricingcapmfinancial crisisBusinessHF5001-6182ENPTBBR: Brazilian Business Review, Vol 17, Iss 5, Pp 488-505 (2020)
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topic state ownership
privatization
asset pricing
capm
financial crisis
Business
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asset pricing
capm
financial crisis
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Rafaela Vitoria
Aureliano Angel Bressan
Robert Aldo Iquiapaza
Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
description Despite the extensive privatization achievements over the last decades, government ownership of publicly traded companies remains pervasive around the world. Consistent with past evidence of structural change in the beta coefficient during financial crises, the more recent economic recession of 2014 to 2016 in Brazil presents an opportunity to demonstrate the disadvantages of allocating investment in companies that are publicly traded, but are controlled by the government. Constructing a portfolio of publicly traded State Owned Enterprises, we find that the financial crisis produced a significant increase in risk exposure, results that were much more pronounced when compared with a portfolio of privatized companies. The results also indicate that, in addition to a market factor, the poor performance can be explained by controllership. We believe this study adds to the long-standing debate on whether state-owned firms perform worse than private firms, with higher volatility and lower returns, particularly, during a period of financial crisis.
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author Rafaela Vitoria
Aureliano Angel Bressan
Robert Aldo Iquiapaza
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Robert Aldo Iquiapaza
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title Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
title_short Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
title_full Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
title_fullStr Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
title_full_unstemmed Do State-owned Enterprises in Brazil Require a Risk Premium Factor?
title_sort do state-owned enterprises in brazil require a risk premium factor?
publisher FUCAPE Business School
publishDate 2020
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