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Privatization and Deindustrialization in East Germany
Carlin, Wendy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
The transition in East Germany has been characterized by an extremely rapid privatization of state-owned enterprises …-unification level. This paper argues that the government imposed an inconsistent policy toward employment on the privatization agency …, the Treuhand. Although required to take account of the shadow price of labour in the privatization negotiations (where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123788
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Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey
Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677645
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Competition and enterprise performance in transition economies: evidence from a cross-country survey
Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark; … - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2001
This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595736
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A Minimum of Rivalry : Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767411
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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2004
This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors that influence innovation by firms and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518450
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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors that influence innovation by firms and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067370
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Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey
Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark E; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114471
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Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies from a Cross-Country Survey
Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark; … - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2001
This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649908
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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors that influence innovation by firms and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652631
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A Minimum of Rivalry : Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E.; Seabright, Paul - 2014
This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors that influence innovation by firms and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014072168