In this Paper we analyse the impact of product market competition and ownership structure on corporate performance. We … the separate effects of competition and ownership concentration on firm level productivity growth. Next, we investigate … bias that could affect the productivity levels and productivity growth. Our results show that product market competition …

; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints. We conclude that private ownership and …

I analyse the effects of competition on R&D effort (in a non-tournament context) and obtain robust results that hold … either price or quantity competition. The approach encompasses models of direct investment to reduce costs as well as models … where cost reduction arises because the agency problem between managers and owners in an asymmetric information context (X …

foreign and domestic competition, the consequences of soft budgets, and the role of managerial incentives and managerial human …

We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the … requirements can lead to more entry into banking, essentially by reducing the competitive strength of lower quality banks. We also …

instrument for addressing the agency problem between managers and shareholders but also as part of the agency problem itself … managers. As a result, managers wield substantial influence over their own pay arrangements, and they have an interest in … reducing the saliency of the amount of their pay and the extent to which that pay is de-coupled from managers’ performance. We …

increase further in the future. Our findings have significant implications for corporate governance, regulatory competition …

constraints that act on these processes, leave managers with considerable power to shape their own pay arrangements. Examining the …