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Deregulation, government failure, and tragedy: The Report of Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower, London, in 2017 has exposed the failures that led to the tragedy in a commendably exhaustive manner. But the explanation of those failures is seriously inadequate. First, they are attributed to deregulation, when the Inquiry itself details the ways in which the cladding of the building was subject ...
David Campbell
wiley   +1 more source

Freely (Un)Equal

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender equality in the economy is a key issue on the political agenda. Western countries have long pursued policies promoting free competitive markets, with the EU focusing on harmonisation for market freedom. This study examines how economic freedom impacts gender equality using an instrumental variable approach. Results reveal mixed effects:
Matteo Migheli
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Mandated Non‐Financial Disclosure Affect Corporate Cash Holdings? Evidence From the CSR Disclosure Mandate in China

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether and how mandatory non‐financial disclosure affects corporate cash holdings. Using a panel data set of Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2005 to 2012 and exploiting the introduction of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure for a subset of firms as a quasi‐natural experiment, we find that firms subject to ...
Adrian Cheung, Tianpei Luo, Siwen Song
wiley   +1 more source

Do Resource‐Constrained Small Private Firms Support Incumbent or Nonincumbent Factions? Evidence From Chinese Township and Village Enterprises

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on corporate political strategy emphasizes firm—government engagement but largely treats governments as unitary and political alignment as stable. Drawing on stakeholder theory and the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF), this study challenges these assumptions by examining how resource‐constrained small private firms navigate ...
Lee Li, Gongming Qian
wiley   +1 more source

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