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Macroeconomic Effects of Ownership Structure in OECD Countries

Gatti, Donatella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The paper investigates the impact of ownership concentration on GDP growth, for a sample of 18 OECD countries over the … period 1980 to 2004. The econometric analysis shows that more concentrated ownership can speed up growth, for countries … regulation, the logic of financial markets discipline applies and dispersed ownership appears as more favorable for growth. Based …

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Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms

Scarpetta, Stefano; Aghion, Philippe; Fally, Thibault - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

successful. Both private credit and stock market capitalization are important for promoting entry and post entry growth of firms … entry of new (especially small) firms and the post-entry growth of successful young businesses. …

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The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms

Fryges, Helmut; Kohn, Karsten; Ullrich, Katrin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...

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Labor Demand During the Crisis: What Happened in Germany?

Bohachova, Olga; Boockmann, Bernhard; Buch, Claudia M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In Germany, the employment response to the post-2007 crisis has been muted compared to other industrialized countries. Despite a large drop in output, employment has hardly changed. In this paper, we analyze the determinants of German firms' labor demand during the crisis using a firm-level...

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Equilibrium Unemployment Under Negotiated Profit Sharing

Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

We study employment, employee effort, wages and profit sharing when firms face stochastic revenue shocks and when base wages and profit shares are determined through negotiations. The negotiated profit share depends positively on the relative bargaining power of the trade union and it has...

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Corruption, Networking and Foreign Ownership: Recent Evidence from CEE Countries

Pal, Sarmistha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The present paper argues that the effect of corruption on foreign ownership is not necessarily linear and depends on the level of host corruption. So long as the expected returns from foreign investments exceed its expected costs, higher host corruption will be associated with higher foreign...

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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 advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies,...

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Venture Capital Investment and Labor Market Performance: New Empirical Evidence for OECD Countries

Belke, Ansgar; Schaal, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

structural change, new firms and innovations and therefore possibly also nowadays for employment growth. …

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Retained State Shareholding in Chinese PLCs: Does Government Ownership Reduce Corporate Value?

Tian, Lihui; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The role of government shareholding in corporate performance is central to an understanding of China’s newly privatized large firms. In this paper, we analyze shareholders as agents that can both harm and benefit companies. We examine the ownership structure of 826 listed corporations and find...

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Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

convergence of transition countries with developed market economies in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the … country, sectoral and firm level shows rapid growth of the new private sector and of the micro- and small-firm sectors, with …

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