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110 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17582
How Credit Constrained Are Family-Owned SMEs in Arab Countries?
Grakolet Gourene, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Jiří Balcar, Lenka Johnson Filipova
forthcoming in: Emerging Markets Review, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17517
Financing, Ownership, and Performance: A Novel, Longitudinal Firm-Level Database
J. David Brown, Steven J. Davis, Lucia Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, John Sabelhaus
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17433
Firm Ownership Control and Management Practices, with an Update on Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrew Dabalen, Saumik Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17346
Do Big Inequalities in Executive Pay Hurt Firm Performance?
Richard Yiu-Ming Chung, Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17340
Layoff Costs and Learning about Employer Financial Distress
Andreas Ravndal Kostøl, Matthew C. Merkle, Morten Grindaker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17333
The Effects of Board Gender Quotas: A Meta-Analysis
Costanza De Acutis, Andrea Weber, Elisabeth Wurm
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 91, 102634
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17092
How Big Is Small? The Economic Effects of Access to Small Business Subsidies
J. David Brown, Matthew Denes, Ran Duchin, John Hackney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16893
Mafias and Firms
Jaime Arellano-Bover, Marco De Simoni, Luigi Guiso, Rocco Macchiavello, Domenico J. Marchetti, Mounu Prem
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16854
Trend in Energy Intensity and Carbon Performance in North Africa
Grakolet Gourene, Samia Mansour Hamouda, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski
published in: M. Arouri and M. Gomes (eds.), Handbook on Energy and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16688
Does Dual Vocational Education and Training Pay Off?
Samuel Bentolila, Antonio Cabrales, Marcel Jansen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16617
Female Board Representation and Corporate Performance: A Review and New Estimates for Australia
Nicholas Bayly, Robert Breunig, Chris Wokker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16401
Comments on the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines: A Labor Market Perspective
David Berger, Thomas Hasenzagl, Kyle Herkenhoff, Simon Mongey, Eric A. Posner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16366
CEO Stress, Aging, and Death
Mark Borgschulte, Marius Guenzel, Canyao Liu, Ulrike Malmendier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15903
Globalization and Firm Performance
Luis A. V. Catão, Pedro de Faria, António Martins, Miguel Portela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15781
The Gender Pay Gap in the CEOs' Labor Market
Massimiliano Tani, Andrew Valentine, Kieran Sharpe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15724
Firm Consolidation and Labor Market Outcomes
Sabien Dobbelaere, Grace McCormack, Daniel Prinz, Sandor Sovago
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15691
Gender Diversity, Labour in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas
Astrid Kunze, Katrin Scharfenkamp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15690
Microentrepreneurs' Gender Difference in Labor Demand
Oluwasheyi S. Oladipo, Hyoung Suk Shim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15147
Employee Health and Firm Performance
Daniel A. Rettl, Alexander Schandlbauer, Mircea Trandafir
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15103
Corporate Disclosure, Compliance and Consequences: Evidence from Russia
Suman Banerjee, Saul Estrin, Sarmistha Pal
published in: European Journal of Finance, 2022, 28 (17), 1770-1802
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14803
The Market for CEOs: Building Legacy and Feeling Empowered Matter
Arnaud Dupuy, John Kennes, Ran Sun Lyng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14409
Post-merger Restructuring of the Labor Force
Britta Gehrke, Ernst Maug, Stefan Obernberger, Christoph Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14207
Does the Legal Form Matter for Firm Performance in the MENA Region?
Issam Abdo Ahmad, Ali Fakih
published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2022, 93 (2), 342-358
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13941
Risk Sharing Within and Outside the Firm: The Disparate Effects of Wrongful Discharge Laws on Expected Stock Returns
Robert Mahlstedt, Rüdiger Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13738
Financial Distress and the Role of Management in Micro and Small-Sized Firms
Fernando Alexandre, Sara Cruz, Miguel Portela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13629
The Economic Effects of COVID-19 and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Italian Firms' Expectations and Plans
Pierluigi Balduzzi, Emanuele Brancati, Marco Brianti, Fabio Schiantarelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13392
Bringing Connections Onboard: The Value of Political Influence
Colin P. Green, Swarnodeep HomRoy
published as 'Incorporated in Westminster: Channels and Returns to Political Connection in the United Kingdom' in: Economica, 2022, 89 (354), 377-408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12942
Do Cash Windfalls Affect Wages? Evidence from R&D Grants to Small Firms
Sabrina T. Howell, J. David Brown
published in: Review of Financial Studies, 2023, 36 (5), 1889 - 1929
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12767
Owners, External Managers, and Industrial Relations in German Establishments
Arnd Kölling, Claus Schnabel
substantially revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60 (2), 424-443
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12637
Pure Rank Preferences and Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior
Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Marcin Jakubek
published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 184, 108636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12549
Gains from Early Support of a New Political Party
Marco Leonardi, Rossella Mossucca, Fabiano Schivardi, Battista Severgnini
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 190; 878 - 890
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12518
The Likelihood of Divorce and the Riskiness of Financial Decisions
Oded Stark, Krzysztof Szczygielski
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2019, 85 (3), 209 - 229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12357
The Gender Composition of Corporate Boards and Firm Performance: Evidence from Russia
Tatiana Garanina, Alexander Muravyev
revised version published in: Emerging Markets Review, 2021, 48, 100772
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12007
Real Estate Prices and Corporate Investment: Theory and Evidence of Heterogeneous Effects across Firms
Denis Fougère, Rémy Lecat, Simon Ray
published in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2019, 51(6), 1503-1546
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11791
The Price of Capital, Factor Substitutability, and Corporate Profits
Philipp Hergovich, Monika Merz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11713
Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.
Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11671
Does Employee Stock Ownership Work? Evidence from Publicly-Traded Firms in Japan
Takao Kato, Hideaki Miyajima, Hideo Owan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11149
Inequality, Good Governance and Endemic Corruption
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, 999 - 1017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11057
Has the Push for Equal Gender Representation Changed the Role of Women on German Supervisory Boards?
Viktor Bozhinov, Christopher Koch, Thorsten Schank
published in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2019, 71(3), 385-411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11018
The Returns to Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Matched Person-Firm Data
Mirjam C. van Praag, Arvid Raknerud
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11017
Badge of Honor or Scarlet Letter? Unpacking Investors' Judgment of Entrepreneurs' Past Failure
Diego Zunino, Mirjam C. van Praag, Gary Dushnitsky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10554
Impact of Financial Crises on Dynamics of Capital Structure: Evidence from Korean Listed Companies
Lyubov Tsoy, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10436
Boards of Directors in Russian Publicly Traded Companies in 1998-2014: Structure, Dynamics and Performance Effects
Alexander Muravyev
published in: Economic Systems, 2017, 41(1), 5-25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10153
How Do Labor Representatives Affect Incentive Orientation of Executive Compensation?
Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2020, 66 (1), 60 - 90
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9992
How Successful Are Banking Sector Reforms in Emerging Market Economies? Evidence from Impact of Monetary Policy on Levels and Structures of Firm Debt in India
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ali M. Kutan, Sudipa Majumdar
published in: European Journal of Finance, 2018, 24 (12), 1047 - 1062
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9890
Regulation and Firm Value: Curious Case of Transparency and Disclosure Laws in Russia
Suman Banerjee, Ronald Masulis, Sarmistha Pal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9877
Family Ownership, Workplace Closure and the Recession
Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen, Trygve Gulbrandsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9570
Predicting the Irish "Gay Marriage" Referendum
Nikos Askitas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9569
Calling the Greek Referendum on the Nose with Google Trends
Nikos Askitas
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