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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?
Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016
This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571943
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Product market deregulation and the US employment miracle
Ebell, Monique (contributor); Häfke, Christian (contributor) - 2006
We consider the dynamic relationship between product market entry regulation and equilibrium unemployment. The main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274242
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Product market deregulation and labor market outcomes
Ebell, Monique (contributor); Häfke, Christian (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001869509
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Expropriation with hukou change : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Akgüç, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457407
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Explaining trends in adult height in China: 1950 to 1990
Chae, Minhee; Hatton, Timothy J.; Meng, Xin - 2021
This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519333
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Labor market dynamics in Romania during a period of economic liberalization
Dostie, Benoît (contributor); Sahn, David E. (contributor) - 2006
In this paper, we estimate a model of labor market dynamics among individuals in Romania using panel data for three years, 1994 to 1996. Our motivation is to gain insight into the functioning of the labor market and how workers are coping during this period of economic liberalization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003523047
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On the reversibility of structural reforms
Campos, Nauro; Horváth, Roman - 2012
What are the factors that explain reversals in the implementation of structural reforms? Our main hypothesis is that reversals in different reforms are driven by different factors. This paper uses new reform indicators and presents novel evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537261
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Democracy and reforms
Giuliano, Paola; Mishra, Prachi; Spilimbergo, Antonio - 2009
Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the adoption of economic reforms using a new dataset on reforms in the financial, capital, public, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003815935
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Pareto-improving structural reforms
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2018
regulation for some goods. I provide sufficient conditions for deregulation, i.e. a general reduction in price floors, to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951457
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CEO turnover, firm performance and enterprise reform in China : evidence from new micro data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2006
Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data … listing suspension mechanism, i.e., the ST designation, adopted by China's securities regulatory agency appears to be … literature on economic transition, our findings suggest that any fundamental improvement in China's corporate governance will …
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