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Auditor choice in privatized firms: Empirical evidence on the role of state and foreign owners [PDF]
Abstract We rely on a unique dataset of 176 privatizations from 32 countries to extend recent research on the link between the political economy and accounting transparency by examining the importance of shareholders’ proportionate holdings to auditor choice.
Omrane Guedhami +2 more
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Endogenous Timing in a Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly with a Foreign Competitor [PDF]
This paper considers mixed duopoly games where a state-owned public firm and a foreign private firm compete in price. The public firm aims to maximize the un-weighted sum of consumer surplus and its own profit. The paper examines a desirable role (either
Kazuhiro Ohnishi
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Earnings in Poland: The Private Versus the Public Sector
The transition of Poland to a free market economy, concurrent to a substantial increase of the private sector, promoted entrepreneurship, joint ventures, self-employment, labor reallocation, growth of financial markets and direct foreign investments ...
Jacob Weisberg, Mieczslaw Waclaw Socha
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AbstractThis article studies whether foreign subsidiaries (FSs) are able to cooperate for innovation with local partners during good and harsh economic times. It also enquires as to whether these companies and different types of domestic firms displayed similar cooperative behaviour during 2004–16.
Antonio García-Sánchez, Ruth Rama
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The Regional Heterogeneity of Productivity Determinants: Evidence from Ukrainian Firms
This paper studies the determinants of the total factor productivity (TFP) for Ukrainian firms in the manufacturing sector across macro-regions using recent micro-level datasets for 2013.
Cieślik Andrzej +2 more
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Firms pursuit of innovations through internationalization: a treatment effect estimation
Firms participations in international markets is known to stimulate innovations as well as expose them to both international and domestic partners that can influence their innovation prospects and activities.
Samuel Amponsah Odei, Jan Stejskal
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Improving firms’ innovation capability is crucial for promoting growth. In 2006 and 2009, China deregulated the banking industry and allowed city banks to set up branches across regions, which changed the banking structure and competition.
Peisen Liu, Shiqi Chen
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Women’s advancement into leadership roles remains uneven in many post-socialist labor markets despite high levels of female education and workforce participation.
Enkhzul Galsanjigmed
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Privatization and Optimum-Welfare in an International Cournot Duopoly [PDF]
In this paper, we will analyse the relationship between privatization of a public firm and tax revenue for the domestic government in an international competition, with import tariffs.
Fernanda A. Ferreira
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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