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 …

larger reform package of economic liberalisation in formerly overregulated economies, (b) as a reaction to an increasing …

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 …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …

allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

partner, the agreement can cause a leakage of protectionist benefits to domestic industry from lobbying against external …