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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
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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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COVID-19: guaranteed Loans and Zombie Firms. [PDF]
CESifo Econ Stud, 2020 AbstractBased on a survey (7–13 April 2020) we evaluate the reaction of Swiss firms towards the COVID-19 crisis. Firms show little pro-active reactions towards the crisis, but decrease their business activities. The firms in the survey report that the decline in foreign demand is the single most important reason for their deteriorating business ...
Zoller-Rydzek B, Keller F.
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Economic and Social Reports, 2023 In Canada and other advanced economies, the share of zombie firms, defined as businesses that perform poorly over a long period of time without exiting, has been rising over the past few decades.
Alexander Amundsen +2 more
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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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Determinants of becoming a zombie firm: A Pitch [PDF]
Contabilitate şi Informatică de Gestiune, 2018 This letter uses Faff’s (2015) pitching research template to present a potential topic for research focused on “zombie firms” which consistently report negative equity or are unable to meet their interest payments, yet are still alive.
Ondřej Machek
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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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Machine Learning and Zombie Firms Classification
Applied SciencesWe investigate whether the machine learning technique helps to identify zombie firms. We also analyze the differences in zombie indicators proposed by previous research.revious studies successfully classified firms as zombies by focusing on whether they ...
Koutaroh Minami, Yukihiro Yasuda
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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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