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Tax administration and firm performance : new data and evidence for emerging market and developing economies
Dabla-Norris, Era; Misch, Florian; Cleary, Duncan; … - 2017
Tax compliance costs tend to be disproportionately higher for small and young businesses. This paper examines how the quality of tax administration affects firm performance for a large sample of firms in emerging market and developing economies. We construct a novel, internationally comparable,...
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State-owned enterprises in emerging Europe : the good, the bad, and the ugly
Böwer, Uwe - 2017
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in Emerging Europe's economies, notably in the energy and transport sectors. Based on a new firm-level dataset, this paper reviews the SOE landscape, assesses SOE performance across countries and vis-a-vis private firms, and evaluates recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748785
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Does the stock market boost firm innovation? : evidence from Chinese firms
He, Hui; Li, Hanya; Zhang, Jinfan - 2017
The paper analyses the effect of the stock market on firm innovation through the lens of initial public offering (IPO) using uniquely matched Chinese firm-level data. We find that IPOs lead to an increase in both the quantity and quality of firm innovation activity. In addition, IPOs expand a...
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Governance and state-owned enterprises : how costly is corruption?
Baum, Anja; Hackney, Clay; Medas, Paulo; Sy, Mouhamadou - 2019
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are present in key sectors of the economies around the world. While they can provide an important public service, there is widespread concern that their activities are negatively affected by corruption. However, there is limited cross-country analysis on the costs...
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Potential growth in emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389478
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Effects of capital flow liberalization : what is the evidence from recent experiences of emerging market economies?
Saadi Sedik, Tahsin; Sun, Tao - 2012
application of these findings, the paper explores the possible effects of liberalization on China by applying the coefficients of … explanatory variables to the corresponding variables of China in 2012–16 …
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Internal capital markets in business groups and the propagation of credit supply shocks
Shi, Yu; Townsend, Robert M.; Zhu, Wu - 2019
Using business registry data from China, we show that internal capital markets in business groups can propagate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021989
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Potential Growth in Emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul - 2014
estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in potential …;(iii) over the longer term, demographic factors will be much more supportive in India and some ASEAN economies than in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394381
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Financing Infrastructure in India : Macroeconomic Lessons and Emerging Market Case Studies
Walsh, James - 2011
Driving infrastructure development, notably mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure projects, has been challenging in many countries. This study includes two parts: an empirical analysis of macroeconomic risks associated with infrastructure booms, and a case study of four emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398382
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Resource misallocation among listed firms in China : the evolving role of state-owned enterprises
Jurzyk, Emilia; Ruane, Cian - 2021
We document that publicly listed Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are less productive and profitable than publicly listed firms in which the state has no ownership stake. In particular, Chinese listed SOEs are more capital intensive and have a lower average product of capital than...
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