Three Essays on the Political Economy of Corporate Bailouts

This dissertation is comprised of three papers exploring the causes of the likelihood and distribution of corporate bailouts. The first paper explores why some distressed firms receive bailouts while others do not. It argues that political partisanship plays a key role: left-wing governments are mor...

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Main Author: Smith, Michael
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8QZ283M