The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence From the Transition Economies

Nauro Campos and Francesco Giovannoni

No wp786, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process empirically. This paper tries to fill this gap by putting forward theory and econometric evidence. We argue that asset stripping is driven by the interplay between the firm’s potential profitability and its ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide support for this argument.

Keywords: Asset stripping; law enforcement; corruption; transition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H82 K42 O17 P26 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2005-08-01
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