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investigates the role of hybrid debt in the privatization of state‑owned enterprises (SOEs) via government‑controlled investment … in Europe and Asia. Moreover, in some cases, the privatization of SOEs by means of exchangeables can prove to be a more … shareholders. Third, the entire privatization process tends to be more flexible for issuers in that they can perceive exchangeables …
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accruals in the year prior to and/or in the year of privatization. The SOEs used both short term and long term accruals to … inflate reported earnings. These accruals got reversed in the post-privatization period. These findings suggest that managers … of the firms under privatization were engaged in earnings management to inflate their firms' financial worth to maximize …
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State that came along with a privatization wave, which was characterized by the dismantling of local monopoly. For many … governments, the privatization of SOEs is considered an effective mean that would improve economic efficiency and external … competitiveness, and would also reduce public deficit. This paper analyzes the impact of privatization on the performance of SOEs in …
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purchase shares of SOEs, so it can be regarded as a privatization plan for SOEs. Using the Difference-in-Differences (DiD … suggests that privatization enhances SOE profitability by reducing redundant workers, administrative fees, and related … privatization can enhance firm performance under China's ongoing mixed-ownership reform …
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In this paper, we examine the relation between government ownership and stock price informativeness around the world. Using a sample of privatized firms from 41 countries between 1983 and 2007, we find strong and robust evidence that state ownership is associated with lower firm-level stock...
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The paper focuses on the analysis of the privatization process conducted in the years 2008-2011 with an attempt to show … a broad picture of privatization in Poland, indicate resources that still exist although hidden and show government … practices in making privatization more effective or, on the contrary, in carrying out quasi-privatization practices. Three main …
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This paper is an attempt to evaluate the application of Corporate Governance framework issue within Public domain. It is an attempt to quantify the compliance of Greek companies with international best practices
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process. Particularly, it analyzes the symbiotic link between share issue privatization (SIP), i.e. privatization in public …
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We investigate the nature and extent of information asymmetry among traders in companies with government ownership. Consistent with a less transparent information environment, we find relatively less informed trading in the shares of firms with government presence, and specifically, fewer...
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Our research tests the difference in investment efficiency between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms and then evaluates the effect of privatisation and equitisation policies on the investment efficiency of former state owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a novel dataset from Viet Nam...
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