database and its ownership structure information, we show that, in most economies, domestic firms tend to employ more workers …. The analysis of the switchers (ownership changes from domestic to foreign or vice versa) suggests that ownership changes … per asset seem to come from technological differences rather than from different ownership structures …

metrics based on equity market valuations of bank capital are better than regulatory capital ratios, and other metrics, in …

total physical capital as a key input. Implicitly this assumes that private and public capital stocks are perfect … substitutes. In this paper we test this assumption by estimating a nested-CES production function whereas the two types of capital … private capital stocks for 151 countries over a period of 1960-2014 consistent with Penn World Table version 9. We find …

This paper examines the response of firms to capital destruction, using a new measure of firm exposure to tropical … storms as a negative exogenous shock on firms' capital stock. Drawing on a panel of Indian manufacturing firms between 1995 … industry, the sales of less productive firms decrease disproportionately more, while across industries capital destruction …

, particularly for industries that are more dependent on bank financing. Furthermore, valuations declined and financial conditions … tightened following announcements related to easier bank capital regulation while equity valuation rose and financial conditions …