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The Determinants & Excessiveness of Current Account Deficits in Eastern Europe & the Former Soviet Union

Aristovnik, Aleksander - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

calculated on the basis of selected determinants (in period 1992-2003), the results confirm that the actual current account …

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SHORT- AND MEDIUM-TERM DETERMINANTS OF CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA COUNTRIES

Aristovnik, Aleksander - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007

The main aim of the paper is to examine the short- and medium-term empirical link between current account balances and a broad set of (economic) variables proposed by theoretical and empirical literature. The paper focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), an economically diverse...

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How to Stir Up FDI Spillovers: Evidence from a Large Meta-Analysis

Havranek, Tomas; Irsova, Zuzana - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

from the literature and examine which factors in uence spillover magnitude. To identify the most important determinants of … and foreign investors. The most important determinants are the technology gap between domestic and foreign firms and the …

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Politics and Economic Reform in Malaysia

Ritchie, Bryan K. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

Malaysia’s admirable economic growth is often attributed to liberal, open economic policies. Aggregate measures of … reform and retarded technological development, leaving Malaysia mired in mediocrity: neither price competitive with China nor …

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Does Institutional Quality Affect Firm Performance? Insights from a Semi-Parametric Approach

Bhaumik, Sumon; Dimova, Ralitza; Kumbhakar, Subal C.; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012

Using a novel modeling approach, and cross-country firm level data for the textiles industry, we examine the impact of institutional quality on firm performance. Our methodology allows us to estimate the marginal impact of institutional quality on productivity of each firm. Our results bring...

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Does Institutional Quality Affect Firm Performance? Insights from a Semi-Parametric Approach

Bhaumik, Sumon; Dimova, Ralitza; Kumbhakar, Subal C.; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012

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The Effect of Ownership and Competitive Pressure on Firm Performance in Transition Countries: Micro Evidence from Bulgaria, Romania and Poland

Angelucci, Manuela; Estrin, Saul; Konings, Jozef; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

This paper uses a unique representative firm level data set to analyse the effect of domestic and international competitive pressure and ownership changes in three emerging economies, Bulgaria Poland and Romania. Our main findings can be summarized as follows: Domestic competitive pressure,...

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Firm Performance and the Political Economy of Corporate Governance: Survey Evidence for Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia

Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

Using survey data for 220 traditional manufacturing firms over 7 years of transition and 4 CEE countries, we find firms that produced for the EU market under planning consistently outperform those that produced for the CMEA market. Within the previously CMEA market, the best firms were selected...

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THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE PRESSURE ON FIRMS’ PRICE-COST MARGINS: MICRO EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES1

Konings, Jozef; Cayseele, Patrick Van; Warzynski, Frederic - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

This paper uses representative firm level panel data of 1,701 Bulgarian and 2,047 Romanian manufacturing firms to estimate price-cost margins and to analyze how these are affected by privatization and increased competitive pressure. The estimation method used, which is based on Roeger (1995),...

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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and State Ownership in China: Evidence from New Panel Data*

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

This paper provides the first systematic evidence on compensation for executives of firms listed in China’s emerging stock market (currently the eighth largest of the world with market capitalization of over $550 billion). Specifically, using comprehensive financial and accounting data on...

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