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We develop a model that examines the capital structure and investment decisions of regulated firms in a setting that …
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The role of government shareholding in corporate performance is central to an understanding of China’s newly privatized …
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This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
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The recent financial crisis has reopened the debate on the impact of informal and formal finance on firm growth in developing countries. Using unique survey data, we find that informal finance is associated with higher sales growth for small firms and lower sales growth for large firms. We...
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We construct a comprehensive panel data of 92 publicly traded European utilities over the period 1994-2005 in order to study the relationship between capital structure, regulated prices, and firm value, and examine if and how this interaction is affected by ownership structure and regulatory...
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We analyze optimal schemes for privatization in a transitional economy. In many cases, established Western firms are good candidates for large shareholders of a local firm, since the sale of the shares can generate large amount of revenues and furthermore, in the future, the home country can...
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20 countries around the world have used incentive packages, including bonus shares and discounts, to attract retail investors to participate in privatizations. Using a unique dataset, we estimate the total cost of incentive packages at approximately $27 billion. The expiration of bonus share...
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In 1994, China began a profound reform of its state-owned enterprises (SOE). We first describe and characterize this …
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in investment. This paper offers an argument and a formal model to suggest that exports in East Asia may have been driven … by an increase in the profitability of investment, with outward orientation a consequence of the investment boom rather … than its instigator. In economies like South Korea and Taiwan, an increase in investment required an increase in imports of …
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Our paper is an attempt to define the contours of the right macroeconomic strategy for China. In a nutshell, we believe …
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