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After Voucher Privatization: The Structure of Corporate Ownership in Russian Manufacturing Industry
Earle, John S; Estrin, Saul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
This paper analyses the ownership structure emerging from the Russian privatization process, using information from a … programme was completed. The Russian ownership structure calls for a new approach to the analysis of corporate control because … privatization methods for ownership structure, on the incidence of non-voting and voting shares, and on the extent of concentration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136416
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Does Privatization Hurt Workers? Lessons from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John; Telegdy, Almos - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2005
We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … workers' fears, our fixed effect and random trend estimates imply little effect of domestic privatization, except for a slight … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157524
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Does Privatization Hurt Workers? Lessons from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005
We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … job losses from privatization, and they never imply large negative effects on wages; only for domestic privatization in … Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030683
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Employment and Wage Effects of Privatization: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John; Telegdy, Álmos - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2008
transition economies to estimate the impacts of privatization on employment and wages. The results in all four countries … consistently reject job losses and they never imply large wage cuts from privatization to either foreign or domestic owners. The … domestic privatization estimates are close to zero for employment, while for wages they are negative but small in magnitude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649911
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A Soviet Enterprise's Journey from Domestic to Global Markets: The Adaptation Process of Mining Giant Norilsk Nickel
RAUTIO, Vesa; KOSONEN, Riitta - In: The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies (JCES) 2 (2006) July, pp. 33-58
the privatization and internationalization processes within the company. The authors explore the adaptation of Norilsk …
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THE POSITIVE COLLISION ABOVE THE LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OFFERED BY RISK MANAGEMENT
GHEORGHIU, Anda; Paula – Angela VIDRASCU; NICULESCU, … - In: Internal Auditing and Risk Management 2 (2014) 34, pp. 159-164
According to the classical theory of decision, the risks are also defined phenomena of possible occurrences, but still uncertain socio-human processes. Its effects are harmful, deficient with an actual irreversible character. Signifies the chance or probability of loss or separation of...
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An Estimation of the Impact of Oil Shocks on Crude Oil Exporting Economies and Their Trade Partners
Hesary, Farhad Taghizadeh; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Abdoli, … - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 8 (2013) 4, pp. 571-591
This research evaluates the impact of oil price shocks on oil producing and consuming economies; we used a simultaneous equation framework for different countries with business relations. As expected, we found that oil-producers (here, Iran and Russia) benefit from oil price shocks. However...
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Gender Differences in Response to Big Stakes
Azmat, Ghazala; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Iriberri, Nagore - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
In the psychology literature, "choking under pressure" refers to a behavioural response to an increase in the stakes. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed information on the performance of high-school students...
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY AND ITS DETERMINANTS FOR THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Bianca, Mogoseanu Daniela - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 1 (2013) 41, pp. 186-196
In this article, we have used a stochastic frontier approach (SFA) in order to analyse the efficiency and determinants of the manufacturing firms from Central and Eastern Europe. The results reveal that firms from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary have a higher efficiency than firms from Romania...
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Gender differences in response to big stakes
Azmat, Ghazala; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Iriberri, Nagore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In the psychology literature, “choking under pressure” refers to a behavioural response to an increase in the stakes. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed information on the performance of high-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126420