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The Relationship Dilemma : Organizational Culture and the Adoption of Credit Scoring Technology in Indian Banking
Mishra, Prachi - 2019
Credit scoring was introduced in India in 2007. We study the pace of its adoption by new private banks (NPBs) and state … banks suggests that neither bank size nor government ownership fully explains adoption patterns. Organizational culture …
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Back on the Rails : Competition and Productivity in State-Owned Industry
Das, Sanghamitra - 2010
We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill in India to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143760
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Government Guarantees and Bank Vulnerability During a Crisis : Evidence from an Emerging Market
Acharya, Viral V.; Kulkarni, Nirupama - 2022
pre-crisis data, in order to study the impact of government guarantees on bank performance during a crisis. Using bank … private sector bank branches in districts with greater exposure to state-owned banks experienced deposit withdrawals and … shortening of deposit maturity. In contrast, nearby vulnerable state-owned bank branches grew their deposit base and increased …
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Dynamic Labor Demand in China : Public and Private Objectives
Cooper, Russell - 2010
This paper studies dynamic labor demand by private and public manufacturing plants in China. It contributes along two dimensions. First, it uncovers the objectives of public enterprises and compares them to private enterprises. Second, it estimates adjustment costs of these plants and thus their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136558
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The Chinese Corporate Savings Puzzle : a Firm-Level Cross-Country Perspective
Bayoumi, Tamim - 2010
China's high corporate savings rate is commonly claimed to be a key driver for the country's large current account surplus. The mainstream explanation for high corporate savings is a combination of windfall profits in state-owned firms, especially in resource sectors, and mis-governance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137314
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Capitalizing China
Fan, Joseph P. H. - 2011
Despite a vast accumulation of private capital, China is not embracing capitalism. Deceptively familiar capitalist features disguise the profoundly unfamiliar foundations of "market socialism with Chinese characteristics." The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), by controlling the career advancement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117212
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Ownership Characteristics, Real Exchange Rate Movements and Labor Market Adjustment in China
Mao, Risheng - 2011
This paper uses a firm level multi-industry data set covering 456 Chinese manufacturing sectors to assess the implications of Renminbi (RMB) real exchange rate appreciation for adjustments in employment and wage rates. We stress differences in both industry and firm characteristics within...
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Is There Evidence of a Real Estate Collateral Channel Effect on Listed Firm Investment in China?
Wu, Jing - 2013
Previous research on the United States and Japan finds economically large impacts of changing real estate collateral value on firm investment. Working with unique data on land values in 35 major Chinese markets and a panel of firms outside the real estate industry, we estimate investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087438
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Comparing the Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms
Asker, John - 2014
We evaluate differences in investment behavior between stock market listed and privately held firms in the U.S. using a rich new data source on private firms. Listed firms invest less and are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities compared to observably similar, matched private...
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Model Structure and the Combined Welfare and Trade Effects of China's Trade Related Policies
Dong, Yan - 2010
Because China's economic structure is different from that in OECD countries, using conventional neo-classical competitive trade models to analyze the welfare and trade impacts of trade related policy change can be misleading. In particular, both the exchange rate regime and output and pricing...
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