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We develop a political-economy model of economic union and compare the competion regime to the coordination regime. Key … of migration. We argue that the differences between the U.S. and the EU - the degree of coordination among the member …
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The changing nature of the corporation forces us to re-examine much of what we take for granted in corporate governance. What precisely is the entity that is being governed? How does the governance system obtain power over it, and what determines the division of power between various...
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In this paper I argue that corporate finance theory, empirical research, practical applications, and policy recommendations are deeply rooted in an underlying theory of the firm. I also argue that while the existing theories have delivered very important and useful insights, they seem to be...
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In this paper, we develop a simple model of international outsourcing and apply it to processing trade in China. We observe China's processing exports broken down by who owns the plant and by who controls the inputs the plant processes. Multinational firms engaged in export processing in China...
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Many factors including incentive-pay, powerful shareholders, and takeover threats push for-profits managers towards maximizing shareholder value. One of the most striking factors about non-profit firms is that they have no comparable governance institutions, and the only check on managers are...
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contracting choices. First, effective coordination may depend on the level of (non-contractible) effort on the part of each agent …; contracting complementarity results if coordination efforts are interdependent and vertical integration facilitates a higher level … of non-contractible effort. Second, effective coordination may require the disclosure of proprietary trade secrets, and …
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This paper examines the determinants of firm stock-price performance from 1990 to 1993" in Japan. During that period of …
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This paper develops a dynamic continuous-time model in which international risk sharing can yield substantial welfare gains through its positive effect on expected consumption growth. The mechanism linking global diversification to growth is an attendant world portfolio shift from safe, but...
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investors have begun to play an important governance role in Japan. However, the main bank does not abandon its governance role …
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, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …
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