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Marc Deloof is a researcher affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their work spans multiple areas within business, management, accounting, economics, econometrics, and finance, with a significant focus on corporate finance and governance, private equity and venture capital, and banking stability, regulation, and efficiency.

Their research output includes 34 publications categorized under Business, Management and Accounting, and 20 publications under Economics, Econometrics and Finance. More specifically, Deloof's contributions cover subfields such as accounting, economics and econometrics, finance, organizational behavior and human resource management, and management of technology and innovation.

Marc Deloof's recent scholarly articles reveal a focus on corporate finance issues affecting enterprises in various contexts. Key papers include:

  • "Local financial development and cash holdings in Italian SMEs" (2021) published in International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
  • "Unemployment insurance and cash holdings of privately held firms around the world" (2020) published in Corporate Governance An International Review
  • "Do old theories fit new contexts? New perspectives on corporate governance in entrepreneurial firms" (2023) published in Venture Capital
  • "Why do firms pay dividends? 180 years of evidence" (2023) published in European Review of Economic History
  • "How uncertainty in industry policy affects corporate investment in China" (2022) published in Journal of Business Finance & Accounting

The frequent publication venues for Deloof include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Corporate Governance An International Review
  • Cliometrica
  • The Economic History Review
  • International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship

Collaboration features prominently in their academic profile with regular co-authors such as Leentje Moortgat, Jan Annaert, Ine Paeleman, Silvio Vismara, and Gertjan Verdickt, each contributing to at least four joint publications.

The primary research topics addressed by Deloof cover:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Working Capital and Financial Performance
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Best Publications

  • Does working capital management affect profitability of Belgian firms

    Marc Deloof

  • Trade Credit, Product Quality, and Intragroup Trade: Some European Evidence

    Marc Deloof;Marc Jegers

  • Family Business Succession and Its Impact on Financial Structure and Performance

    Vincent Molly;Vincent Molly;Eddy Laveren;Marc Deloof

  • The Financial Structure of Private Held Belgian Firms

    Dries Heyman;Marc Deloof;Hubert Ooghe

  • Long-term debt maturity and financing constraints of SMEs during the Global Financial Crisis

    Veronique Vermoesen;Marc Deloof;Eddy Laveren

  • Trade Credit, Corporate Groups, and the Financing of Belgian Firms

    Marc Deloof;Marc Jegers

  • Family Business Succession and Its Impact on Financial Structure and Performance

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  • New directions in entrepreneurial finance

    Douglas Cumming;Marc Deloof;Sophie Manigart;Mike Wright

  • Equity sales in Belgian corporate groups: expropriation of minority shareholders? A clinical study

    An Buysschaert;Marc Deloof;Marc Jegers

  • Cross-jurisdictional income shifting and tax enforcement: evidence from public versus private multinationals

    Christof Beuselinck;Marc Deloof;Ann Vanstraelen

  • The value of government ownership during the global financial crisis

    Christof Beuselinck;Lihong Cao;Marc Deloof;Xinping Xia

  • Belgian Intragroup Relations and the Determinants of Corporate Liquid Reserves

    Marc Deloof

  • The value of government ownership during the global financial crisis

    Christof Beuselinck;Lihong Cao;Lihong Cao;Marc Deloof;Xinping Xia

  • Does Working Capital Management Affect Profitability of Belgian Firms

    Marc Deloof

  • Internal Capital Markets, Bank Borrowing, and Financing Constraints: Evidence from Belgian Firms

    Marc Deloof

  • Local financial development and the trade credit policy of Italian SMEs

    Marc Deloof;Maurizio La Rocca

  • Earnings Management in Business Groups: Tax Incentives or Expropriation Concealment?

    Christof Beuselinck;Marc Deloof

  • Social Norms, Social Cohesion, and Corporate Governance

    Andriy Boytsun;Marc Deloof;Paul Matthyssens

  • Earnings management within multinational corporations

    Christof Beuselinck;Stefano Cascino;Marc Deloof;Ann Vanstraelen

  • The Debt-Maturity Structure of Small Firms in a Creditor-Oriented Environment

    Dries Heyman;Marc Deloof;Hubert Ooghe

  • Leases and debt: complements or substitutes? Evidence from Belgian SMEs'

    Marc Deloof;Istvan Lagaert;Ilse Verschueren

  • How Do Investment Banks Value Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

    Marc Deloof;Wouter De Maeseneire;Wouter De Maeseneire;Koen Inghelbrecht

  • Are Leases and Debt Substitutes? Evidence from Belgian Firms

    Marc Deloof;Ilse Verschueren

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Manigart
Sophie Manigart Vlerick Business School
Marc Jegers
Marc Jegers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Douglas J. Cumming
Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology
Armin Schwienbacher
Armin Schwienbacher SKEMA Business School

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