transport sectors. Based on a new firm-level dataset, this paper reviews the SOE landscape, assesses SOE performance across … in most sectors, with substantial cross-country variation. Poor SOE performance raises three main risks: large and risky …

quality of tax administration affects firm performance for a large sample of firms in emerging market and developing economies …

affects the performance of SOEs using firm level data across a large number of countries. One striking result is that SOEs … show that SOE governance reforms can generate significant performance gains …

governance variables. Based on these findings and citing country examples, we also illustrate that weak SOE performance may have …

Does labor court uncertainty and judge subjectivity influence firms' performance? We study the economic consequences of …

performance, reducing green investments. The COVID-19 crisis could thus potentially slow down the transition to a low …

evolution of nonfinancial corporate performance going forward, this paper investigates empirically the impact of past pandemics … nonfinancial corporate performance. This adverse impact is particularly pronounced on smaller and younger firms, compared to larger …

This paper studies corporate performance in the aftermath of the global crisis by examining 6,581 manufacturing firms …

This paper examines publicly listed Chilean firms’ performance during the 2008–09 crisis. In particular, it studies the …

finance and export diversification; and (ii) quantify the impact of these structural obstacles on firm performance. Results …