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Ownership Structure and Firm Performance : Evidence from a non-parametric panel
Hamadi, Malika; Heinen, Andreas - Luxembourg School of Finance, Faculté de droit, … - 2011
This paper considers the effect on performance of very large controlling shareholders, who are mostly organized in voting blocks and business groups, in a sample of Belgian listed firms from 1991 to 2006. We use a non-parametric panel data analysis, which is a new technique that does not impose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720566
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Firm Performance when Ownership is very Concentrated: Evidence from a Semiparametric Panel
Hamadi, M.; Heinen, A. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2015
We consider the effect on performance of very large controlling shareholders, who are mostly organized in voting blocks and business groups, in a sample of Belgian listed firms from 1991 to 2006. Since the shape of the relation between ownership and firm value is a controversial issue in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185169
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Economic performance and international trade engagement: the case of Portuguese manufacturing firms
Silva, Armando; Afonso, Oscar; Africano, Ana Paula - Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos (GEE), Ministério da … - 2011
By combining economic and financial data for Portuguese manufacturing firms with data on their exports and imports, we uncover some aspects of the relationship between international trade engagement and firms’ performance. In line with recent theoretical and empirical developments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643886
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A dynamic estimation of governance structures and financial performance for Singaporean companies
Nguyen, Tuan; Locke, Stuart; Reddy, Krishna - In: Economic Modelling 40 (2014) C, pp. 1-11
In this study, a sample of 257 Singaporean domiciled non-financial listed companies is investigated using a system generalised method of moments (system GMM) estimator. This approach allows for controlling the potential sources of endogeneity which are inherent in the performance–governance...
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Do firms use the trade credit channel to manage growth?
Ferrando, Annalisa; Mulier, Klaas - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 8, pp. 3035-3046
While many theories of accounts payable and receivable are related to firm performance, there has not been a direct test whether firms actively use them to manage their growth. We argue that it is not just the accounts payable but also the accounts receivable that matter. While the former help...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010679253
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Der Einfluss regionaler und demographischer Umfeldfaktoren auf die Kosten- und Ertragssituation von Sparkassen: Eine Effizienzanalyse
Conrad, Alexander; Neuberger, Doris; Trigo Gamarra, Lucinda - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2009
Aufgrund der starken regionalen Verankerung kann bei den Sparkassen ein besonderes Interesse an den Folgen des demographischen Wandels und speziell von Alterung und Abwanderung vermutet werden. Dabei sind die Sparkassen nicht nur über das Regionalprinzip eng mit einer bestimmten Region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986129
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Wie beeinflusst das Umfeld einer Bank die Effizienz? - Eine DEA-Analyse fuer die Bayerischen Genossenschaftsbanken
Wutz, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2002
Although a huge literature has analysed the efficiency of the banking sector over the last years, only recently the … to evaluate the efficiency of the Bavarian cooperative banks, investigates the impact of the environmental conditions on … the technical efficiency. The results indicate that without consideration of the environment, the technical inefficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005231978
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Der Einfluss regionaler und demographischer Umfeldfaktoren auf die Kosten- und Ertragssituation von Sparkassen – Eine Effizienzanalyse
Conrad, Alexander; Neuberger, Doris; Trigo Gamarra, Lucinda - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2009
Aufgrund der starken regionalen Verankerung kann bei den Sparkassen ein besonderes Interesse an den Folgen des demographischen Wandels und speziell von Alterung und Abwanderung vermutet werden. Dabei sind die Sparkassen nicht nur über das Regionalprinzip eng mit einer bestimmten Region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029652
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Produktivität und Effizienz in Banken: Terminologie, Methoden und Status quo
Burger, Andreas - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management - 2008
This Working Paper gives insights into the concepts of productivity and efficiency. Both concepts are popular measures … and outlines key areas of interest in this context, such as efficiency measures, components of efficiency and the … measuring productivity and efficiency in a non-technical manner. Various parametric as well as non parametric approaches are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027035
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Bank Ties and Firm Performance in Japan: Some Evidence since Fiscal 2002
McGuire, Patrick - In: Monetary and Economic Studies 27 (2009) 1, pp. 99-142
Since the mid-1990s, major Japanese banks have sold off a significant portion of their holdings of corporate equity. Using information on the identity of Japanese firmsf top 10 shareholders, this paper explores the process of banksf equity disposal. There is some evidence that, after fiscal...
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