Showing 1 - 10 of 666
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950510
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003357089
in Europe and Latin America, where several governments are large shareholders in a variety of public firms. In a sense …, the subprime crisis induced these governments to behave as active large shareholders. This paper uses a sample of public … firms in Brazil to show that government activism lowers the value of minority shareholders' voting rights. While the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405286
In this article we use a stochastic model with one representative firm to study business tax policy under default risk. We will show that, for a given tax rate, the government has an incentive to reduce (increase) financial instability and default costs if its objective function is welfare (tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006573
as an expansion of the central bank's balance sheet countering the disruption in private financial intermediation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243296
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246465
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often justified for correcting market failures, providing essential public services, and fulfilling social objectives. Yet, SOEs face unique governance challenges as agency conflicts usually increase with state ownership. This paper examines Brazil's efforts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054007
This paper documents recent structural changes in China's corporate landscape, based on company level data, providing a … complementary perspective to that of official Chinese statistics. We classify China's largest companies by revenue since 2004 (based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184745
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013367351
We study the relationship between corporate debt, corporate risk and firm-level investment, using a sample of 25,000 listed companies across 47 countries over the last two decades. We find higher leverage reduces investment but show the effect varies with risk, as measured by firm time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495148