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Business Groups in the United States: A Revised History of Corporate Ownership, Pyramids and Regulation, 1930-1950

Kandel, Eugene; Kosenko, Konstantin; Morck, Randall; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

The extent to which business groups ever existed in the United States and, if they did exist, the reasons for their disappearance are poorly understood. In this paper we use hitherto unexplored historical sources to construct a comprehensive data set to address this issue. We find that (1)...

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Monitoring the Monitors: Amakudari and the Ex-Post Monitoring of Private Banks

Hassink, Wolter; van Rixtel, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The paper investigates whether the Japanese monetary authorities use post-retirement employment of Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Bank of Japan (BoJ) officials as a policy instrument. The authors also investigate whether industrial groupings (keiretsu) and main banks have monitoring functions....

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Firms' Decisions on Where to Incorporate

Bebchuk, Lucian Arye; Cohen, Alma - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper empirically investigates the decisions of US publicly traded firms on where to incorporate. We study the features of states that make them attractive to incorporating firms and the characteristics of firms that determine whether they incorporate in or out of their state of location....

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The Market for Corporate Law

Bar-Gill, Oren; Barzuza, Michal; Bebchuk, Lucian Arye - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper develops a model of the competition among states in providing corporate law rules. The analysis provides a full characterization of the equilibrium in this market. Competition among states is shown to produce optimal rules with respect to issues that do not have a substantial effect...

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Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design of Close Gubernatorial Elections

Do, Quoc-Anh; Lee, Yen-Teik; Nguyen, Bang Dang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected governors increase their value by 3.89%. Political...

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On the Fortunes of Stock Exchanges and Their Reversals: Evidence from Foreign Listings

Fernandes, Nuno; Giannetti, Mariassunta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Using a sample that provides unprecedented detail on foreign listings, new listings, and delistings for 29 exchanges in 24 countries starting from the early 1980s, we document a growing tendency of listings to concentrate in the U.S. and the U.K. and large changes in all exchanges’ ability to...

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Guru Dreams and Competition: An Anatomy of the Economics of Blogs

Dong, Yi; Massa, Massimo; Zhang, Hong - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The rise of social media has encouraged guru dreams because of the low entry barrier and highly skewed distribution of public attention that characterize social media. The pursuit of guru status, however, may be achieved through information provision or cheap talk, and competition inherent to...

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Endogenous Information Flows and the Clustering of Announcements

Acharya, Viral V; DeMarzo, Peter; Kremer, Ilan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We consider the strategic timing of information releases in a dynamic disclosure model. Because investors don’t know whether or when the firm is informed, the firm will not necessarily disclose immediately. We show that bad market news can trigger the immediate release of information by firms....

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The Financing of Industry, 1970-89: An International Comparison

Corbett, Jennifer; Jenkinson, Tim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

investment over the period 1970--89 for Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and second, to challenge some …

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Profit Taxation, Innovation and the Financing of Heterogeneous Firms

Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Credit constraints are more frequent among growth companies with large investment opportunities. For the same reason … investment opportunities to a larger extent. (ii) Taxes which are neutral in a neoclassical world, still restrict expansion … investment of constrained firms by reducing free cash-flow and thereby discourage innovation. (iii) A revenue neutral increase in …

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