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We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade … bureaucracy are the most likely reasons behind our findings. -- state ownership ; control ; corporate performance ; privatization …
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We analyze the consequences of activism in a regulated industry where the regulator has been captured by the industry. Unlike ordinary economic agents, activists are insensitive to monetary incentives. Moreover, they are less well informed than regulators and their actions generate dead-weight...
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larger reform package of economic liberalisation in formerly overregulated economies, (b) as a reaction to an increasing …
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sector production. The model is calibrated to Egypt and used to study reforms such as reductions in energy subsidies with …
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This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People's Republic of China. After … defining SOEs and considering their scope of operation within the PRC economy, the focus of the paper is on the major reform … industry-specific SOE reform trends as well as the latest reform developments. Until today, a stable, successful, longterm …
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This paper utilizes data on the presence of prominent individuals-that is, those with political (e.g., Members of Parliament) and aristocratic titles (e.g., lords)--on the boards of directors of English and Welsh banks from 1879 - 1909 to investigate whether the appointment of well-connected...
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