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Firm Heterogeneity and Firm Behavior with Conditional Policies
Demidova, Svetlana A. - 2007
This paper shows that the result of Ju and Krishna (2002, 2005), i.e., the non-monotonicity in the comparative statics across regimes, disappears, if exporters differ in their productivities, which provides very different predictions about the results of policy changes
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777451
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The Structure and Formation of Business Groups : Evidence from Korean Chaebols
Almeida, Heitor; Park, Sang Yong; Subrahmanyam, Marti G.; … - 2021
In this paper we study the determinants of business groups' ownership structure using unique panel data on Korean chaebols. In particular, we attempt to understand how pyramids form over time. We find that chaebols grow vertically (that is, pyramidally) as the family uses well-established group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311947
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Theories of Heterogeneous Firms and Trade
Redding, Stephen J. - 2010
This paper reviews the recent theoretical literature on heterogeneous firms and trade, which emphasizes firm selection into international markets and reallocations of resources across firms. We discuss the empirical challenges that motivated this research and its relationship to traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135411
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. However, the manager can use her...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752291
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Does Trade Globalization Induce or Inhibit Corporate Transparency? Unbundling the Growth Potential and Product Market Competition Channels
Tong, Hui - 2014
How does increasing globalization affect corporate transparency? Freer trade represents different facets and in theory … sector-country-year level, and a second measure of globalization-induced product market competition based on a country's own … engendered by globalization promotes corporate transparency, especially in industries that depend heavily on external financing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067063
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Hall of Mirrors : Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy
Bertrand, Marianne - 2018
Politicians and regulators rely on feedback from the public when setting policies. For-profit corporations and non-pro t entities are active in this process and are arguably expected to provide independent viewpoints. Policymakers (and the public at large), however, may be unaware of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906796
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Integrated Political Strategy
de Figueiredo, John M. - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on corporate political strategy and identifies a number of open research questions and streams for potential investigation. The paper develops a framework to explain why, when, and how a firm will pursue multi-forum political action as part of its non-market and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152560
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Globalization, Growth and Distribution in Spain 1500-1913
Roses, Joan R. - 2010
Spain, a country which had relatively poor productivity growth in agriculture and low living standards prior to 1800, was a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760115
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Democracy and Globalization
Eichengreen, Barry - 2010
The connections between globalization and democracy are a classic question in international political economy and a … positive relationships running both ways between globalization and democracy, though exceptions obtain at particular times …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760718
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Mixing Family with Business : A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families Behind Them
Bertrand, Marianne - 2010
Families run a large fraction of business groups around the world. In this paper, we analyze how the structure of the families behind these business groups affects the groups' organization, governance and performance. To address this question, we constructed a unique data set of family trees and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759606