Ownership, Control and Corporate Performance after Large-Scale Privatization [PDF]
We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large-scale privatization economy. Using specifications based on first-differences and unique instrumental variables, we find that few types of ...
Jan Hanousek, Evzen Kocenda, Jan Svejnar
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Sources of Capital and Debt Structure in Small Firms
The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2004 In this paper we examine the relationship between ownership differences and small firms’ financial policies using a survey of U.S. companies. The study finds that financial policies differ according to the type of ownership (private versus public) and ...
Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala +2 more
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Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials using LEED from Hungary, 1986-2003 [PDF]
Studies of public-private and foreign-domestic wage differentials face difficulties distinguishing ownership effects from correlated characteristics of workers and firms.
Álmos Telegdy, John S. Earle
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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How Does Increased Private Ownership Affect Financial Leverage, Asset Quality and Profitability of Chinese SOEs? [PDF]
Chin Polit Sci Rev, 2021 Ma L, Xu F, Najaf I, Taslima A.
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The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Corporate Tax Avoidance [PDF]
This study investigates whether private equity (PE) firms influence the tax practices of their portfolio firms. Prior research documents that PE firms create economic value in portfolio firms through effective governance, financial, and operational ...
Brad Badertscher +2 more
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Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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The Rise of Private Equity Media Ownership in the United States: A Public Interest Perspective
International Journal of Communication, 2009 This article examines the logic, scope, and implications of the influx of private equity takeovers in the United States media sector in the last decade.
Matthew Crain
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Corporate Ownership, Leadership and Job Charateristics in Russian Enterprises [PDF]
This study tests the application of the Western theory of organization's ownership in Russia, suggesting that ownership types – such as state-owned and private – influence leadership style and employees' jobs characteristics.
Jacob Weisberg, Moshe Banai
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