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Special Deals from Special Investors : The Rise of State-Connected Private Owners in China

Bai, Chong-En - 2020

We use administrative registration records with information on the owners of all Chinese firms to document the importance of "connected" investors, defined as state-owned firms or private owners with equity ties with state-owned firms, in the businesses of private owners. We document a hierarchy...

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Labor Dynamics and Supply Chain Disruption in Food Manufacturing

Ramsey, A. Ford; Goodwin, Barry K.; Haley, Mildred A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Food manufacturing and processing is an important link between agricultural producers and consumers in the agricultural supply chain. The food manufacturing sector in the United States is both increasingly mechanized and increasingly concentrated. Consequently, labor risks in food manufacturing...

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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Fast Food Industry

Katz, Lawrence F. - 1992

Using data from a longitudinal survey of fast food restaurants in Texas, the authors examine the impact of recent changes in the federal minimum wage on a low-wage labor market The authors draw four main conclusions. First, the survey results indicate that less than 5 percent of fast food...

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How Do Firms Build Market Share?

Fitzgerald, Doireann - 2018

The question of how firms build market share matters for firm dynamics, business cycles, international trade, and industrial organization. Using Nielsen Retail Scanner data for the United States, we document that in the consumer food industry, brands experience substantial growth in market share...

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Restructuring

Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994

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Privatizing social security

Feldstein, Martin S. (contributor); Feldstein, Martin S. (ed.) - 1998

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Privatization and nationalization cycles

Chang, Roberto - 2009

"This paper studies the cycles of nationalization and privatization in resource-rich economies. We discuss available … evidence on the drivers and consequences of privatization and nationalization, review the existing literature, and present … of the observed cycles of privatization and nationalization, and is consistent with a variety of observed phenomena …

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