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The Routledge handbook of state-owned enterprises

Bernier, Luc (ed.); Bance, Philippe (ed.); … - 2020

Introduction / Luc Bernier, Massimo Florio and Philippe Bance -- The scope of the phenomenon -- Perspectives on history and geography -- Approaches to the study of state-owned enterprises -- Financial dimensions of public ownership -- Issues about governance -- The activities and performance of...

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National culture and privatization : the relationship between collectivism and residual state ownership

Boubakri, Narjess; Guedhami, Omrane; Kwok, Chuck C. Y.; … - In: Journal of international business studies : JIBS ; an … 47 (2016) 2, pp. 170-190

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Geographic location, foreign ownership, and cost of equity capital : evidence from privatization

Boubakri, Narjess; Guedhami, Omrane; Saffar, Walid - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 38 (2016), pp. 363-381

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Governments in the market for corporate control : evidence from M&A deals involving state-owned enterprises

Del Bo, Chiara; Ferraris, Matteo; Florio, Massimo - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 45 (2017) 1, pp. 89-109

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State ownership and debt choice : evidence from privatization

Boubakri, Narjess; Saffar, Walid - In: Journal of financial and quantitative analysis : JFQA 54 (2019) 3, pp. 1313-1346

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Ownership and environmental regulation : evidence from the European electricity industry

Clò, Stefano; Ferraris, Matteo; Florio, Massimo - In: Energy economics 61 (2017), pp. 298-312

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The constraints on full privatization : international evidence

Boubakri, Narjess; Cosset, Jean-Claude; Saffar, Walid - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 42 (2017), pp. 392-407

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The political economy of share issue privatization: International evidence

Saffar, Walid - In: Journal of Multinational Financial Management 24 (2014) C, pp. 1-18

Using a large sample of 3266 privatization transactions from 100 countries over the period 1977–2006, I test hypotheses … on the political underpinnings of the choice of privatization method. After controlling for firm-level characteristics … that the government's choice of privatization method is politically constrained at different levels. …

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The role of state and foreign owners in corporate risk-taking: Evidence from privatization

Boubakri, Narjess; Cosset, Jean-Claude; Saffar, Walid - In: Journal of Financial Economics 108 (2013) 3, pp. 641-658

Using a unique database of 381 newly privatized firms from 57 countries, we investigate the impact of shareholders' identity on corporate risk-taking behavior. We find strong and robust evidence that state (foreign) ownership is negatively (positively) related to corporate risk-taking. Moreover,...

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User satisfaction and the organization of local public transport: Evidence from European cities

Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo; Perucca, Giovanni - In: Transport Policy 29 (2013) C, pp. 209-218

In recent decades, market-opening policies in local public transport (LPT) have impacted most European countries. However, we can observe a high degree of variability in possible LPT arrangements, from public monopolies to open markets. This work addresses the following research question: How...

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