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We estimate the effects of privatization on zombie versus healthy state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, extending … privatization of underperforming, zombie-like entities can lead to substantial economic improvements and greater efficiency …
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have set up stronger governance than domestic private firms that have not experienced privatization. I propose seven … governments' fiscal conditions in the privatization year and privatized firms' governance, which suggests a significant role … played by local governments in shaping corporate governance during the privatization process …
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While the relationship between state ownership and firm performance has been widely researched, the empirical evidence has provided mixed results. This study applies panel data regression techniques to 10,639 firm-year observations of non-financial Chinese listed firms during 2003–2010 to...
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This paper studies insider privatization in transition economies. We show theoretically that the underperformance of … insider-privatized firms could be due to the manager-cum-owner's lack of incentives after privatization. A screening theory … privatization; in contrast, heavily discounted firms perform indistinguishably from government-owned firms …
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We investigate whether and how financial constraints of private firms depend on bank lending behavior. Bank lending behavior, especially its scale, scope and timing, is largely driven by bank business models which differ between privately owned and state-owned banks. Using a unique dataset on...
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