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2. 21. Institutional Ownership - the Anonymous Capital : Corporate Governance and Investment Performance

   Author : Daniel Wiberg; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five separate essays and an introductory chapter, The essays can be read independently from each other, but they are all in the field of corporate governance and investment performance. Specifically, the focus is on the role of institutional owners in the conflict between controlling shareholders and minority owners. READ MORE

4. 22. Foreign Investment in Agricultural Development : The Past of the Present in Zambia

   Author : Samuel Jenkin; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign Investment; Agriculture; History; Zambia; Northern Rhodesia;

   Abstract : This study grounds a highly charged debate on agriculture in developing countries within economic theory, by establishing a structured analytical framework for considering the potential role of foreign investment in supporting agricultural development. The framework is developed to be time and space neutral, such that it can be utilized in various geographic settings and across different time periods, enabling the assessment of continuity and change over time. READ MORE

5. 23. Family Ownership and Investment Performance

   Author : Johanna Palmberg; Per-Olof Bjuggren; Dan Johansson; Charlie Karlsson; Burcin Yurtoglu; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation provides an economic analysis of families as owners of large listed firms. The essential research question is whether family ownership provides an efficient form of governance. READ MORE

6. 24. Essays on Social Distance, Institutions, and Economic Growth

   Author : Gustav Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; rule of law; government effectiveness; development; colonial origin; country size; Montesquieu; nationalism; nation-building; ethnic diversity; protectionism; non-nested tests; modeling selection; economic growth; productivity; equipment investment; investment prices.;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Country Size and the Rule of Law: Resuscitating Montesquieu In this paper, we demonstrate that there is a robust negative relationship between the size of country territory and a measure of the rule of law for a large cross-section of countries. We outline a theoretical framework featuring two main reasons for this regularity; firstly that institutional quality often has the character of a local public good that is imperfectly spread across space from the core of the country to the hinterland, and secondly that a large territory usually is accompanied by valuable rents and a lack of openness that both tend to distort property rights institutions. READ MORE

7. 25. Bureaucracy, Informality and Taxation : Essays in Development Economics and Public Finance

   Author : Anders Fredriksson; Jakob Svensson; Ragnar Torvik; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bureaucracy; Informality; Taxation; Corruption; Red tape; Investment; Formalization; Laffer effects; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1, "Dispatchers", is a study of a specialized service sector that has arisen in many developing countries.It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to understand, non-transparent and time-consuming. READ MORE