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Like the new and hate the old: The impact of fiscal decentralization on regional development strategy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 This paper evaluates the impact of China's fiscal decentralization reform, namely the "Province-Managing-County" (PMC) fiscal reform, on local governments' regional development strategy using county-level data in China covering 2000 to 2013. Surprisingly,
Min Liu, Feng Gong, Wenjing Song
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The impact of mixed-ownership reform on zombie firms: Evidence from Chinese listed SOEs. [PDF]
PLoS ONEClearing out zombie firms is a critical challenge for both developed and developing countries. This article draws upon data from Chinese listed SOEs to examine the impact of mixed-ownership reform on zombie firms.
Yufei Yin, Kexin Cao
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Economics: Journal Articles, 2022 One of the most important tasks in China’s supply-side structural reform is to effectively clean up zombie firms. Using industrial firm-level data in China from 1998 to 2007, we identified zombie firms in Chinese industrial sectors.
Deng Ming, Wang Jinbo
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Firms’ participation in the Swiss COVID-19 loan programme [PDF]
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2021 This paper analyses the determinants of firm participation in the Swiss COVID-19 loan programme, which aims to bridge firms’ liquidity shortfalls that have resulted from the pandemic.
Lucas Marc Fuhrer +2 more
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Do regional tax incentive policies improve productivity? [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe difficulty in transforming old industrial areas constitutes a significant factor contributing to regional development imbalances. Can regional tax incentives, as a crucial component of regional policies, polish the "rust belt" regions?
Mengchao Zhao +3 more
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Evidences and Determinants of Zombie Firms: Implication on Economic Growth [PDF]
Management and Economics Review, 2022 The study examined determinants of zombie firms using a sample of seventy five (75) listed non- financial firms in Nigeria. The correlation statistics, panel fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) and panel ordinary least squares estimation ...
Felicia Anikpe NAIMO +1 more
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Long shadows of the walking dead on economic activity
Central Bank Review, 2023 This paper presents the panorama of zombie firms in the Turkish economy, which are highly inefficient, highly indebted firms that have low or sometimes negative productivity, and provides an analysis of the impact of these firms on economic activity for ...
N. Nergiz Dincer +2 more
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Are zombie firms more incentivized to financialize?
China Journal of Accounting Research, 2021 This paper investigates whether zombie firms demonstrate a tendency to invest in the financial sector, a practice we term financialization strategy.
Haomin Wu, Meng Yang, Jun Gu
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The Role of Different Types of Creditors on Zombie Firm Creation
Notas Económicas, 2022 Despite the key role of trade creditors as sources of finance, the literature on their impact on the proliferation of zombie firms is rare. This study examines whether suppliers, such as banks, engage in “evergreen” lending to zombie firms and whether ...
Carlos Carreira, Joana Lopes
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 The development of the regional economy is of major concern against the backdrop of the “new normal.” As a problem that has persisted in China for decades, zombie firms have a negative impact on regional and industrial sustainable development. This study
Haijing Wang, Yusheng Kong, Junguo Shi
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