FDI and Ownership in Czech Firms: Pre- and Post-crisis Efficiency

Jan Hanousek and Evžen Kočenda

No 942, KIER Working Papers from Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: We analyze how efficiency of firms in the Czech Republic is affected by their size, age, competition, capital structure, ownership types, and global financial crisis. We employ the stochastic frontier approach, use a large and detailed dataset, and cover time span 2001-2012. We show that larger firms cannot be associated with better efficiency in general. Effect of their age has only negligible impact. Impact of the capital structure is shown to be strong in large and more leveraged firms. Higher competition is not contributive to efficiency neither on individual nor aggregate levels. While effects of firm characteristics are small, the effects of ownership are economically substantial. We show that majority owners are most contributive with respect to firm’s efficiency when compared to other categories we analyze. Minority owners with legally grounded power are able to impose significant efficiency improvement. The effect of the foreign ownership is strongest when foreign owners control firms with less than majority of voting power. Minority owners sharing the control do not seem to contribute to efficiency. The impact of crisis is not balanced but can be regarded as negative in general. The firms’ characteristics change only a little. In contrast, worsening impact of the crisis is evidenced for controlling ownership categories. Minority owners exhibit a limited disciplining effect to improve efficiency after the crisis.

Keywords: efficiency; ownership structure; firms; panel data; stochastic frontier; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 D24 G32 L60 L80 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24pages
Date: 2016-05
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