Our main Finding is that ownership concentration in the Czech Republic is associated with improvements in the performance of operating companies, but only if ownership is concentrated in hands other than investment funds. We assessed the effects of ownership structure on economic performance by...

This paper analyzes a social insurance system that integrates unemploymentinsurance with a pension program through an individual account, allowingworkers to borrow against their future wage income to finance consumptionduring an unemployment episode and thus improving their search...