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The Effects of Ownership Forms and Concentration on Firm Performance after Large-Scale Privatization

Svejnar, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We reject the hypothesis that domestic or foreign private ownership, in either moderate or...

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Ownership, Control and Corporate Performance After Large-Scale Privatization

Hanousek, Jan; Evžen Ko?enda; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). Using specifications based on first-differences and unique instrumental variables, we find that few types of private ownership improve...

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Ownership and Firm Performance after Large-Scale Privatization

Svejnar, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We find that concentrated foreign ownership improves economic performance, but domestic...

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier … find that privatization to domestic owners did not markedly improve the efficiency of firms; domestic firms are not …

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country … hypothesis that spillovers are greater for FDI with more advanced technology. While efficiency of domestic firms’ is affected by … firm’s "absorptive capacity" we find: i) distance from the efficiency frontier tends to dampen horizontal spillovers in …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development:Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

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