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Productivity Effects of TVE Privatization : The Case Study of Garment and Metal Casting Enterprises in the Greater Yangtze River Region
Sonobe, Tetsushi - 2003
While it is by now well known that the privatization of township- and village-run enterprises (TVREs) has been rapidly … and widely taking place in China, it is much less known whether and to what extent privatization has improved resource … allocation and productivity. As a first step toward the fuller understanding of the effect of privatization, this study …
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Insider Privatization and Careers - A Study of a Russian Firm in Transition
Friebel, Guido - 2007
weak outsider property rights enforcement in Russia. Keywords: institutional environment and internal labor market …
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How Does Privatization Work? Evidence from the Russian Shops
Barberis, Nicholas - 1995
alternative channels through which privatization promotes restructuring. Restructuring is measured as capital renovation, change …
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State-Owned Enterprises, Shirking and Trade Liberalization
Ghosh, Madanmohan - 2000
We explore the implications of trade liberalization in economies with State Owned enterprises (SOEs) and shirking. SOEs are modelled as controlled by the members of the enterprise who determine output and effort levels, while facing output prices and wage rates set by government. Enterprise...
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Rise of Bank Competition : Evidence from Banking Deregulation in China
Gao, Haoyu - 2019
Using proprietary individual level loan data, this paper explores the economic consequences of the 2009 bank entry deregulation in China. Such deregulation leads to higher screening standards, lower interest rates, and lower delinquency rates for corporate loans from entrant banks. Consequently,...
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Adjustment of State Owned and Foreign-Funded Enterprises in China to Economic Reforms,1980s-2007 : a logistic smooth transition regression (LSTR) approach
Aizenman, Joshua - 2009
This paper applies a logistic smooth transition regression approach to the estimation of a homogenous aggregate value added production function of the State Owned (SOE) and Foreign-Funded Enterprises (FFE) in China, 1980s-2007. The transition associated with the economic reforms in China is...
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Local Protectionism, Market Structure, and Social Welfare : China's Automobile Market
Barwick, Panle Jia - 2017
While China has made great strides in transforming its centrally-planned economy to a market-oriented economy, there still exist widespread interregional trade barriers, such as policies and practices that protect local firms against competition from non-local firms. This study documents the...
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Business groups and trade in East Asia
Feenstra, Robert C.; Huang, Deng-Shing; Hamilton, Gary G. - 1997
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Business Groups : Panics, Runs, Organ Banks and Zombie Firms
Colpan, Asli M.; Morck, Randall - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Business groups often contain banks or near banks that can protect group firms from economic shocks. A group bank subordinate to other group firms can become an "organ bank" that selflessly bails out distressed group firms and anticipates a government bailout. A group bank subordinating other...
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Regulating Conglomerates in China : Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program
Chen, Qiaoyi; Chen, Zhao; Liu, Zhikuo; Suárez Serrato, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We study a prominent energy regulation affecting large Chinese manufacturers that are part of broader conglomerates. Using detailed firm-level data and difference-in-differences research designs, we show that regulated firms cut output and shifted production to unregulated firms in the same...
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