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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"State ownership"”.
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State ownership, petroleum revenue, and the enduring legacy of authoritarianism in Angola
… authoritarian and subsequently, Sonangol, a state-owned oil company, was created. Once established, authoritarianism in Angola persisted for a long period, with oil playing a major role. This study investigates how the state's ownership of Sonangol has reinforced authoritarianism in Angola. …
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Four essays on capital structure dynamics: special reference to level of leverage, state ownership, corporate governance and climate risk
… we explore both a developed market (United States) and a developing market (Vietnam). Two of the four essays here focus on the U.S. market when examining the method of calculating SOA and the new determinant (drought) of SOA. The remaining two essays concentrate on Vietnam, an emerging …
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PRIVATIZATION POLICY UNDER FOREIGN COMPETITION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CHINA
… between presence of foreign competition and state ownership of the domestic firm within the same sector. We also find a positive relationship between unemployment rate in a region and state ownership of the domestic firm in the same region. Econometric analysis for China supports the …
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Corporate governance, conservatism and firm performance: Evidence from China
… and firm performance is influenced by ownership concentration and state ownership. The extant literature has shown that conservatism reduced agency conflict and was beneficial for corporate governance in developed countries; however, little evidence has been provided for emerging …
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Essays in Political Economy and Public Policy
… that purport to explain the extent of public ownership. It then develops a model that puts these two theories into a common framework. The model is tested with a cross-country panel dataset. The results show that deficiencies in commitment and greater political pressure for control of …
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Who benefits from investment in universities? : institutions, university spillovers, and firm performance
… I find evidence, which suggests that relative to state-owned enterprises, domestic private firms in these regions experienced performance decline. Collectively, the results suggest that spillover effects from universities on industry are not unidirectional and uniform, and are specific to the …
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The Wounds of Post-Socialism: The Political Economy of Mortality and Survival in Deindustrialising Towns in Hungary
… categories (1989-1995); as well as into dominant state, domestic private and foreign ownership dominated categories (1995-2004). Population surveys in these towns collected data on the vital status and other characteristics of survey respondents’ relatives. I assess the relationship between …
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The Impact of Ownership, Regulation Issues and Technology Adoption on the Introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television: A Comparison of the United States and Mainland China
This study compares the impact of media ownership, regulation and policy, and technology adoption on the introduction of digital terrestrial television in the United States and Mainland China. Through the use of a case study approach, a qualitative and quantitative examination is given. The results …
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Effects of economic transition policies on Yugoslavia's agricultural sector: A quantitative approach
The optimal level of state ownership of the agricultural land in Yugoslavia is determined under policy scenarios including food security, price support, trade commitments or quotas, and employment levels. These policies are evaluated with reference to their price (cost) implications, consumers' and …
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The future of national flag carriers in developing countries : air Botswana's privatisation struggle
… and end up being closed down or go back into state hands. These airlines are also perceived to be development tools, in particular for tourism development which is a predominant economic activity in many developing countries. For this reason, many states do not favour privatisation, even …
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The Impact of Firm Ownership on Innovation: Evidence From China
… from 2013 to 2019 to focus on the impact of five ownership structures on firm innovation. In this context, innovation refers to firm performance innovation, specialisation innovation and diversification innovation. The results show that concentrated ownership is positively related to firm …
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Corporate control and the public interest; theory and cases
… the use of a counterfactual model for continued state ownership. Observed prices are found to have been significantly higher than those that would have been charged had the industry remained in the public sector.
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Telkom and the South African economy : achieving the optimal relationship
… industry is currently monopolised by Telkom, a state-owned business enterprise (SBE), and does not appear capable of meeting these basic requirements. The purpose of this paper is to present a case for restructuring Telkom and liberalising the telecommunications industry to best serve the needs …
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Explaining the behavior of state-owned enterprises : Mexico's Pemex in comparative perspective
… wave of privatization of the 1980s and 1990s, state ownership of enterprise remains a very important part of the political economies of both developing and industrialized nations. The conventional wisdom in industrial organization states that public enterprises are inefficient; nevertheless, it …
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China's Banking Reform: A Corporate Governance Perspective
… on three aspects aiming at addressing the ownership, asset quality and governance issues of the banks. The study demonstrates that the Chinese government has emerged as still in 'control of the SOBs, which has seen little change throughout the reforms process. The reform efforts, however, …
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A portfolio approach to energy governance : state management of China's coal and electric power supply industries
… addresses the extent to which China's central state devolved ownership and investment levels in its energy sector to other actors during the modern reform period (1978- 2008). The project focused on China's coal and electric power industries, leveraging industry and government data, interviews, …
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Unveiling the Digital Dynamics: How Online Reactions to Racialized State Violence Amplifies White Nationalist Affect
… YouTube through public reactions to racialised state violence. Specifically, this research focuses on the cases of George Floyd and migrant children in detention centres in the United States. The primary argument of this work is that white nationalism is a manifestation of colonialism in the …
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Law, technology and water conflicts in developing societies: a case study of tank systems in Tamil Nadu
… (water) tank systems in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tanks are man-made water systems developed for irrigation and many other purposes in semi-arid areas. The thesis adopts a historical approach to study the development of law, particularly property rights, and takes an empirical …
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Skycourts and skygardens: towards a vertical urban theory
… be truly public unless they become ceded to state ownership and permit the individual, group or association the freedoms of speech, action and movement that one normally finds in the public domain of the street and the square. Despite not being public spaces, skycourts and skygardens have …
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