By the late 1960s, real effective taxation of income from individual firm owner-ship in Sweden approached 100 percent. A series of tax reforms initiated in the late 1970s reversed this situation. This paper has a threefold purpose: (1) to elucidate the thinking behind the vision of creating a...

We use a total of 1171 estimates extracted from 34 previous studies and perform a meta-analysis to examine the relationship between ownership structures and firm performance in the Czech mass-privatized firms. We find that, in contrast to the remarkable effect of foreign ownership on firm...

Using microdata that serve as the foundation of the ifo Business Climate Index, Germany's leading business cycle indicator, I examine whether political uncertainty influences how firm owners perceive their present state and future development of business. I use state election months as...

This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor supply and find that boat owners' labor participation depends positively on expected earnings but also...

Die vorliegende Arbeit mit dem Titel Anreizsysteme zum Flächenrecycling für mindergenutzte bzw. brachgefallene Flächen mit gewerblicher Vornutzung basiert auf einer empirischen Datenerhebung in 10 Kommunen in Baden-Württemberg mit anschließender Befragung der an einer Brachenrevitalisierung...

This study examines the extent of income-shifting between tax bases among the owners of privately held businesses. The dual income tax system in Finland offers noticeable incentives for income-shifting between wages and dividends for business owners. The dividend tax reform of 2005 enables us to...

Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that employees in establishments with active owners are less likely to introduce a works council. Moreover, we show that, in case of an introduction, the new works council is less likely to survive if active owners are present....

Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that employees in establishments with active owners are less likely to introduce a works council. Moreover, we show that, in case of an introduction, the new works council is less likely to survive if active owners are present....

This paper proposes a cross-border M&A model with financially constrained owners in which the identity of the buyer and seller can be determined. We show that policies blocking foreign acquisitions to protect the domestic industry can be counterproductive. Foreign acquisition can increase the...

The burden of cash management has become a topical issue in small businesses. To gain information on current practice, this paper examines survey evidence on cash management practices of two hundred and two small business owners (SBOs) in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Area of Ghana. It is evident...

This paper reports on a study conducted by collecting data from both the demand and supply sides of formal finance to understand the perceptions of each party towards the other, regarding financial credit offered by commercial banks in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Area of Ghana. The study is an...