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Simeon Djankov
Researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science
Publications - 263
Citations - 43509
Simeon Djankov is an academic researcher from London School of Economics and Political Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Restructuring & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 262 publications receiving 40987 citations. Previous affiliations of Simeon Djankov include World Bank & University of Michigan.
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Conditions of Competition and Multilateral Surveillance
Simeon Djankov,Bernard Hoekman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a collection of simple measures of industrial structure and import penetration would be useful in characterizing the 'conditions of competition' that prevail in an economy.
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The Restructuring of Large Firms in Slovakia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined case study evidence of large Slovak firms chosen to represent a wide range of initial conditions, privatization techniques and success with restructuring and found that privatization to insiders through management-employee buy-outs did not hamper firm restructuring as the new owners (old managers) invested heavily in new technology, laid off substancial part of their workforce, sought foreign partnerships, and were prepared to sell controlling stakes to outsiders in return for fresh financial resources.
Reforms in Business Regulation: Evidence from Russia
Evgeny Yakovlev,Ekaterina Zhuravskaya,Alberto Alesina,Erik Berglöf,Simeon Djankov,Georgy Egorov,Ruben Enikolopov,Edward L. Glaeser,Sergei Guriev,Lawrence F. Katz,Natalia Volchkova,Paola Sapienza,Andrei Shleifer +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an episode of a drastic reform in Russia between 2001 and 2004 which liberalized registration, licensing, and inspections, and found that on average, the reform reduced the administrative costs of firms; but, the progress of reform had a substantial geographical variation.
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The curse of aid
TL;DR: This paper found that foreign aid over GDP that a country receives over a period of five years reaches the 75th percentile in the sample, then a 10-point index of democracy is reduced between 0.6 and one point, a large effect.