Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46509 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3465
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze the long-term effects of firm break-up and ownership change on corporate performance. Our analysis is based on a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996-2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our results, which are generally in line with the positive effects of firm break-up found in the developed-market literature, show that the initial effects of firm break-up are positive but after a certain point they quickly diminish over time. Factors like changes in ownership structure and management are to be found behind later improvements in the performance of firms.
Subjects: 
break-up of firms
corporate performance
ownership changes
privatization
emerging markets
endogeneity
propensity score matching procedure
JEL: 
D23
G32
G34
L20
M21
P47
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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