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Partial Privatization and Firm Performance: Evidence from India

Gupta, Nandini - EconWPA - 2001

however that even the sale of minority stakes has a positive impact on firm performance and productivity. As the government … monitoring managerial performance rather than to a change in owners' objectives. Consistent with this interpretation, we find … evidence also suggests that privatization and competition have a complementary impact on firm performance. …

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Labor Conflict and Foreign Investments: An Analysis of FDI in India

Menon, Nidhiya; Sanyal, Paroma - EconWPA - 2005

This paper analyzes patterns of foreign direct investment in India. We investigate how labor conflict, credit constraints, and indicators of a state’s economic health influence location decisions of foreign firms. We account for the possible endogeneity of labor conflict variables in modeling...

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Transaction Costs, Information Technology and Development

Singh, Nirvikar - EconWPA - 2004

This paper explores potential channels through which information technology (IT) affects economic development. The channel emphasized here is the reduction of transaction costs through the use of information technology. We discuss the nature of transaction costs, their possible impacts on...

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