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Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity enhancing projects and to vertically integrate firms to capture the gains from possible synergies and, thus, oligarchs can be socially beneficial. Using a unique dataset comprising almost 2,000 Ukrainian open joint stock companies, the paper tests empirical implications of the model. In contrast to commonly held views, econometric results suggest that, after controlling for endogeneity of ownership, oligarchs tend to improve the performance of the firms they own relative to other firms.Oligarch, transition, firm performance, property rights, treatment effect
Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity enhancing projects and to vertically integrate firms to capture the gains from possible synergies and, thus, oligarchs can be productive. Using a unique dataset comprising almost 2,000 Ukrainian open joint stock companies, the paper tests empirical implications of the model. In contrast to commonly held views, econometric results suggest that, after controlling for endogeneity of ownership, oligarchs can improve the performance of the firms they own relative to other firms.treatment effect, oligarch, transition, firm performance, property rights
Are oligarchs productive? Theory and evidence
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity enhancing projects and to vertically integrate firms to capture the gains from possible synergies and, thus, oligarchs can be productive. Using a unique dataset comprising almost 2,000 Ukrainian open joint stock companies, the paper tests empirical implications of the model. In contrast to commonly held views, econometric results suggest that, after controlling for endogeneity of ownership, oligarchs can improve the performance of the firms they own relative to other firms
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Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized
facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically
strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model
predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in
productivity enhancing projects and to vertically integrate firms to
capture the gains from possible synergies and, thus, oligarchs can be
socially beneficial. Using a unique dataset comprising almost 2,000
Ukrainian open joint stock companies, the paper tests empirical
implications of the model. In contrast to commonly held views,
econometric results suggest that, after controlling for endogeneity of
ownership, oligarchs tend to improve the performance of the firms they
own relative to other firms
Are oligarchs productive? Theory and evidence
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates, in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity enhancing projects and to vertically integrate firms to capture the gains from possible synergies and, thus, oligarchs can be productive. Using a unique data set comprising almost 2000 Ukrainian open joint stock companies, the paper tests empirical implications of the model. In contrast to commonly held views, econometric results suggest that, after controlling for endogeneity of ownership, oligarchs can improve the performance of the firms they own relative to other firms. Journal of Comparative Economics 36 (1) (2008) 17-42.