Srl | Item |
1 |
ID:
149770
|
|
|
Summary/Abstract |
This study investigates how the presence of foreign firms in a sector influences the privatization policy of domestic firms in that sector in China. We consider several variables to proxy for such a presence, from the perspective of the relative production scale, R&D and marketing, and labor productivity. By using the enterprise surveys carried out by the World Bank in 2005 of nearly 12,400 Chinese firms located in over 100 cities, we find that a rise in the presence of foreign firms increases the extent of the private ownership of domestic firms in a nonlinear fashion. Additionally, we apply IV-Tobit estimation with valid instruments and Tobit estimation with lagged key variables to deal with the possible endogeneity in the relationship between the presence of foreign firms and the privatization decision. Empirical evidence supports the main findings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
ID:
065927
|
|
|
Publication |
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2005.
|
Description |
xvi, 263p.
|
Standard Number |
0195672305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
050182 | 330.1/LAH 050182 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
3 |
ID:
111327
|
|
|
Publication |
2012.
|
Summary/Abstract |
Food prices have increased rapidly in recent years, and so has ethanol production. Some studies have claimed that there is a connection between the two. The main purpose of this paper is to add to this literature by examining the influence that the interplay between Brazil and the U.S. in ethanol production has on food prices. Specifically, and controlling for other variables, which have been shown to affect food prices, we investigate whether sugarcane ethanol and corn ethanol production have similar impacts on food prices, and whether ethanol productivity affects food prices. We find a positive significant effect of Brazilian market share in world ethanol market on relative food prices. We also find that an increase of Brazilian cane ethanol area has a negative effect on relative food prices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|