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The Determinants of Privatized Enterprise Performance in Russia
Angelucci, Manuela; Bevan, Alan; Estrin, Saul; Fennema, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints. We conclude that private ownership and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666814
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Competition, Corporate Governance: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Grosfeld, Irena; Tressel, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In this Paper we analyse the impact of product market competition and ownership structure on corporate performance. We … the separate effects of competition and ownership concentration on firm level productivity growth. Next, we investigate … bias that could affect the productivity levels and productivity growth. Our results show that product market competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661646
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Economic Integration and Investment Incentives in Regulated Industries
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
The paper studies the impact of market integration on investment incentives in non-competitive industries. It distinguishes between investment in transportation and production cost-reducing technologies. Each domestic firm is controlled by a national regulator in a common market made of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012490
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Market Integration, Competition and Welfare
Haaland, Jan I.; Wooton, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
The current debate on the likely impact of completion of the market in the European Community focuses crucially on the nature of the market structure. It has been suggested that 1992 will move an industry from a segmented-markets equilibrium to one in which the national markets are fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656439
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Ambiguity, Disagreement, and Allocation of Control in Firms
Dicks, David L.; Fulghieri, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We present a novel source of disagreement grounded in decision theory: ambiguity aversion. We show that ambiguity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213312
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Managerial Incentives and Stock Price Manipulation
Peng, Lin; Röell, Ailsa A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper presents a rational expectations model of optimal executive compensation in a setting where managers are in a position to manipulate short-term stock prices, and managers' propensity to manipulate is uncertain. Stock-based incentives elicit not only productive effort, but also costly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014567
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Delegated Activism and Disclosure
Dasgupta, Amil; Zachariadis, Konstantinos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Mutual funds are significant blockholders in many corporations. Concerns that funds vote in a pro-management manner to garner lucrative pensions contracts led the SEC to mandate the disclosure of proxy votes. We present a model of mutual fund voting in the presence of potential business ties. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321841
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Agency Conflicts, Ownership Concentration, and Legal Shareholder Protection
Burkart, Mike; Panunzi, Fausto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper analyses the interaction between legal shareholder protection, managerial incentives, and ownership concentration. In our framework, blockholder and manager are distinct parties and the presence of a blockholder can both protect and hurt minority shareholders. Legal shareholder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662105
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Globalization and the 'New Enterprise'
Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
corporate organization. It is shown that international competition and international trade both increase the stakes of the firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662173
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Defensive and Strategic Restructuring in Central European Enterprises
Grosfeld, Irena; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper interprets the existing evidence on enterprise restructuring in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Despite differences in restructuring policies, the pattern of observed restructuring appears similar in the three countries. Contrary to initial expectations, managers of SOEs have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662184