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Mello, Marco - 2021

This paper studies the effects of municipal government dissolutions on electoral accountability. It uses a novel data set assembled from episodes of city council dismissals in Italy, where the central government may replace locally elected officials if they break the law or if the normal...

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Political Turnover and the Performance of Local Public Enterprises

De Meo, Andrea - 2018

We study how political party turnover at the municipal level affects the economic performance of Italian Local Public Enterprises. To this end, we match data on municipal elections in Italy to the budget data of firms whose shares are owned by Italian municipalities. As political turnover and...

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Review Essay : Reading the Dream Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious V-22 Osprey, by Richard Whittle, in Light of the Defense Acquisition Performance Study

Schooner, Steven L. - 2014

This review commends The Dream Machine to a broad range of readers, including public contracts attorneys, acquisition policy officials, contracts professionals, program managers, government procurement law students, as well as consumers of military history. It's a remarkable story told with...

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The Impact of Business Group Affiliation on Performance : Evidence from China’s ‘National Champions’

Guest, Paul M.; Sutherland, Dylan Paul - 2012

An important aspect of China’s economic reforms has been an ambitious policy to develop a 100 or so large … performance of subsidiaries affiliated to China’s national champion groups. Our results find that they perform comparatively well … play in China’s reform and development …

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The Stained China Miracle : Corruption, Regulation, and Firm Performance

Jiang, Ting; Nie, Huihua - 2014

Regional corruptness in China has a positive effect on the profitability of private firms, but not that of state …

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Institutions, Board Structure, and Corporate Performance : Evidence from Chinese Firms

Chen, Tao - 2014

composition of corporate boards, and further, how board structure impacts firm performance in China. Using a World Bank survey of …

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Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms : New Evidence

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2021

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

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