This study investigates whether the introduction of a mandatory disclosure requirement (FIN 48), which had the effect of increasing public firms’ visibility to the tax authority, incentivized going-private transactions. Building on analytical work suggesting that disclosures required under FIN...

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are important components of the Chinese economy. Although SOEs are generally considered inefficient in operations, China's economy, which relies heavily on SOEs, has been highly successful over the last four decades. This indicates the importance of SOEs in China's...

This study examines the effect of the hardening of the budget constraint on the investment behaviour of Italian state owned enterprises (SOEs). It carries out a natural experiment that exploits the 1987 shift of budget regimes due to the pressure of European Union economic policies on the...