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Economics has firms maximizing value and people maximizing utility, but firms are run by people. Agency theory concerns the mitigation of this internal contradiction in capitalism. Firms need charters, regulations and laws to restrain those entrusted with their governance, just as economies need...
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This paper describes what economists know, suspect, and guess about the underlying determinants of innovation. It … guide to avoiding public policy gaffes. A few general facts about innovation are relatively clear. Countries that show more … evidence of innovation are richer and grow faster. Companies that show more evidence of innovation post better financial …
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"Control of corporate assets by wealthy families in economies lacking institutional integrity is common. It has negative implications on corporate governance and adverse macroeconomic effects when it extends across a sufficiently large part of the country's corporate sector. Morck and Yeung...
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