Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 406
Cover Image
The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies: An Analysis of Firms' External Financing Opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
hypothesis. Even after controlling for other factors, firms affiliated to business associations are more likely to secure bank … against the small and medium sized firms' access to bank loans in the CEE regions. Results are robust in both single cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024602
Cover Image
The value of business networks in emerging economies: An analysis of firms' external financing opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - 2011
hypothesis. Even after controlling for other factors, firms affiliated to business associations are more likely to secure bank … against the small and medium sized firms' access to bank loans in the CEE regions. Results are robust in both single cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278718
Cover Image
Heterogeneous Effects of Credit Constraints on SMEs' Employment: Evidence from the Great Recession
Cornille, David; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan - 2018
This paper takes advantage of access to detailed matched bank-firm data to investigate whether and how employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816529
Cover Image
How Successful Are Banking Sector Reforms in Emerging Market Economies? Evidence from Impact of Monetary Policy on Levels and Structures of Firm Debt in India
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Kutan, Ali M.; Majumdar, Sudipa - 2016
that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525080
Cover Image
Trend in Energy Intensity and Carbon Performance in North Africa
Gourene, Grakolet; Hamouda, Samia Mansour; Brixiova, Zuzana - 2024
Decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation and climate change, increasing resource efficiency, and promoting both sustainable production and sustainable lifestyles is a challenge in North Africa, a region where even a relative decoupling of income growth and carbon (CO2) emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533979
Cover Image
Executive compensation, firm performance, and chaebols in Korea: evidence from new panel data
Kato, Takao; Kim, Woochan; Lee, Ju Ho - 2005
This paper provides the first rigorous econometric estimates on the pay-performance relations for executives of Korean firms with and without Chaebol affiliation. To do so, we have assembled for the first time panel data (that provide information not only on executive compensation and firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267324
Cover Image
Not so lucky any more: CEO compensation in financially distressed firms
Kang, Qiang; Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2008
There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to managerial power or is the result of arms-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paper we offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically examining the CEO compensation of U.S. public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269077
Cover Image
CEO turnover, firm performance and enterprise reform in China: evidence from new micro data
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2006
Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on CEO turnover, ownership structure and board characteristics, we estimate Logit models of CEO turnover. We find consistently for all performance measures including both stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274393
Cover Image
Who is hit hardest during a financial crisis? The vulnerability of young men and women to unemployment in an economic downturn
Verick, Sher - 2009
The current financial and economic crisis has resulted in the worst global recession since World War II. The subsequent destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and stay stubbornly high for some time to come,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269413
Cover Image
Who Is Hit Hardest during a Financial Crisis? The Vulnerability of Young Men and Women to Unemployment in an Economic Downturn
Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The current financial and economic crisis has resulted in the worst global recession since World War II. The subsequent destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and stay stubbornly high for some time to come,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976899