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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies
Estrin, Saul; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen; Švejnar, Jan - 2009
"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791159
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The investement climate and the firm: firm-level evidence from China
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Wallsten, Scott J.; Xu, Lixin … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001771609
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Family firms and contractual institutions
Iacovone, Leonardo; Maloney, William F.; Tsivanidis, Nick - 2019
This paper offers new evidence on the relationship between contractual institutions, family management, and aggregate performance. The study creates a new firm-level database on management and ownership structures spanning 134 regions in 11 European countries. To guide the empirical analysis, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008335
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Using experimental evidence to inform firm support programs in developing countries
Grover, Arti; Imbruno, Michele - 2020
Countries design programs for supporting firms, with varying levels of success. Firm growth is constrained by several factors, such as low firm capabilities (e.g. management), availability of finance, and access to markets. Based on the available experimental evidence on firm support programs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390615
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Capital market imperfections before and after financial liberalization : a Euler-equation approach to panel data for Ecuadorian firms
Jaramillo B., Fidel; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew M. - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000872940
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The effect of financial liberalization on the allocation of credit : panel data evidence for Ecuador
Jaramillo B., Fidel; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew M. - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000872943
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Effects of improving infrastructure quality on business costs : evidence from firm-level data
Iimi, Atsushi (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716645
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Explaining enterprise performance in developing countries with business climate survey data
Dethier, Jean-Jacques (contributor);  … - 2008
"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and growth in developing countries using enterprise surveys. Comparable enterprise surveys today cover some 70,000 firms in over 100 countries around the world. The literature that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790861
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor);  … - 2009
"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791141
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Banking in Brazil : structure, performance, drivers and policy implications
Urdapilleta, Eduardo (contributor);  … - 2009
" The objective of this paper is to analyze the industry structure of banking services in Brazil in order to shed light on financial performance and its drivers at a disaggregated level. The study illustrates how differences across market segments - which tend to be averaged out in aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791145