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majority initial public offerings. Keywords: Privatization, SOEs, Egypt, Ownership Structure … determines whether such performance differs across firms according to their new ownership structure. The Egyptian privatization … program provides unique post-privatization data on different ownership structures. Since most studies do not distinguish …
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determines whether such performance differs across firms according to their new ownership structure. The Egyptian privatization … program provides unique post-privatization data on different ownership structures. Since most studies do not distinguish … between the types of ownership, this paper provides new insight into the impact that post-privatization ownership structure …
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This paper investigates the existence of ownership effects in the global oil and gas industry, i.e. whether there are systematic performance and efficiency differentials between National Oil Companies (NOCs) and privately-owned International Oil Companies (IOCs). After discussing key issues of...
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We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade …
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We construct a comprehensive panel data of 96 publicly traded European utilities over the period 1994-2005 in order to study the relationship between the capital structure of regulated firms, regulated prices, and investments, and examine if and how this interaction is affected by ownership...
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In their privatization programs, transition governments have frequently given away shares (so-called 'mass … privatization'), while maintaining significant minority ownership. We explain the rationality of this behavior for an expected net … constraint raises to zero prices that would otherwise be negative, and has an indirect effect: mass privatization and partial …
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We investigate the nature and extent of information asymmetry among traders in companies with government ownership. Consistent with a less transparent information environment, we find relatively less informed trading in the shares of firms with government presence, and specifically, fewer...
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This paper provides evidence that ownership and organization matters for the efficiency of provision of public services. In particular, we find that pure private ownership is more efficient than pure public ownership, followed by mixed ownership. The delegation of management in different legal...
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This paper documents recent structural changes in China's corporate landscape, based on company level data, providing a complementary perspective to that of official Chinese statistics. We classify China's largest companies by revenue since 2004 (based on Fortune Global 500 rankings), and...
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