to improve their establishment level productivity relative to a peer control groups of firms. We find no evidence that … productivity after going private, there is little evidence of difference-in-differences efficiency gains relative to peer groups of … peer groups. Our findings cast doubt on the view that public markets cause listed firms to make sub-optimal, productivity …

part of this paper studies the transition process in China and Vietnam from a planned economy to a free market economy. The … some elements of a free market, has boosted the growth rate in both China and Vietnam, and increased considerably the … standard of living of people in the two countries. China and Vietnam’s amazing achievements raise the question about what …

outcomes, in a transition setting with matched firm and worker data collected in one of the largest provinces of Vietnam – Ho … privately owned firms. State wage practices stress tenure over worker productivity and their wage policies result in flatter … labor productivity. The private sector comparison group to state firms for all of these findings is foreign owned firms. The …

first phase of the household survey in three provinces of Central of Vietnam, conducted within the scope of the DFG research …

In this paper we use a general equilibrium model of Vietnam, calibrated to 1995 data, to analyze tax reform options for … Vietnam. We focus on aggregate welfare impacts as well as welfare of household groups ranked by income. The main focus is on … differentiation between imports and domestic products. Results indicate that there are gains to Vietnam from indirect tax reform, but …