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linked to ownership dispersion. Using linked workplace-worker data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey … (WERS) 2011, we find average hourly pay is higher in dispersed ownership workplaces. The raw gap of 30 log points falls to 8 … ownership. …
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describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm … significant effect of private ownership share on the level and growth of labor productivity, the estimates ranging from 13 to 32 …
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Using nationally representative Norwegian data we show family-owned workplaces are less likely to close than observationally similar non-family-owned workplaces. But this changed during the Crisis when the family businesses' closure hazard soared. This hike in 2009 was not related to performance...
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poor, as the literature suggests, and whether and how the ownership structure of Italian companies affects these … and that this relationship depends on the ownership structure of firms. Turnover is lower in family controlled firms and … relationship with performance. Board turnover instead is unrelated to performance but is related to the firm's ownership structure …
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This paper provides new evidence on the structure, dynamics and performance effects of corporate boards in publicly … evolution of boards of directors, such as the declining participation of insider directors and the increasing participation of …-to-book ratio, Tobin's Q, ROE and ROA), suggesting that boards of directors play a non-trivial role in corporate governance in …
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workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in …
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results suggest that "old boys' club" ownership structures are a major impediment to the empowerment of female talent in …
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In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market economies, affects corporate governance and productive efficiency of firms. Our model predicts that underdeveloped democratic institutions that do not punish political corruption...
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two-year increase when anti-takeover laws insulate CEOs from market discipline. The estimated health costs are significant …
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ownership and supervisory board size, we do find significant entrenchments effects associated with ownership by managers …
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