Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance∗ Laura Alfaro† Harvard Business School and NBER Maggie Chen‡ George Washington University July 2011 Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset‚ we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world responded to the crisis relative to local
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The Great Depression The 1920’s had a wealthy‚ gilded veneer‚ and the general mood of the country corresponded to this belief that the country was in an economic upswing. The stock market was climbing‚ and it was expected to continue to do so. However‚ people were investing in part to make a quick buck‚ but also for the prestigious status that accompanied investing. Neither of these result in a stable economy. Furthermore‚ subtle economic clues were ignored‚ such as productivity and consumption
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Iceland Financial Crisis (2008-2011) Introduction Iceland experienced a significant financial meltdown and subsequent economic downturn after the 2008 financial crisis struck the country‚ known as Icelandic Financial Crisis. The crisis was a major economic and political event happened in Iceland that involved the collapse of all three of the country’s major privately owned commercial banks‚ following their difficulties in refinancing their short-term debt and a run on deposits in the Netherlands
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CHAPTER 1 Goals and Governance of the Firm Answers to Problem Sets 9. If the investment increases the firm’s wealth‚ it will increase the value of the firm’s shares. Ms. Espinoza could then sell some or all of these more valuable shares in order to provide for her retirement income. 11. Managers would act in shareholders’ interests because they have a legal duty to act in their interests. Managers may also receive compensation‚ either bonuses or stock and option
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Year 2008 to 2009 is an interesting and dramatic time for the financial markets‚ which marks the beginning of the financial tsunami that went on for a long period of time. First we have Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae taken over by the US Treasury‚ which is one major event contributing to the subprime mortgage crisis. Then we have the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers which Mamudi (2008) reported to be one of the largest bankruptcy filing in US history with Lehman holding over $600 billion in assets. Then
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the Global Financial Crisis‚ which has come to be the worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression. As a result of its complexity‚ there is no widely agreement about what leaded to it among specialists‚ and the ‘’Credit Crunch’’ is a burning topic in economic circles. The collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market it’s considered to be the trigger for the Global Financial Crisis. When rates rose‚ people who could not afford those interests started to default‚ and the whole financial industry began
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1 Introduction In 2008 the global financial crisis‚ which was fundamentally caused by the combination of a credit boom and a housing bubble (Acharya‚ Richardson‚ 2009)‚ affected the economy of most countries in Europe. One of the countries that were affected tremendously was Greece. Most countries that were affected by the financial crisis are more or less out of the worst period‚ but Greece does not seem to have gotten back on their feet yet. They have needed two bailout loans and they are still
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Spanish financial crisis The 2008–2013 Spanish financial crisis began as part of the world Late-2000s financial crisis and continued as part of the European sovereign debt crisis‚ which has affected primarily the southern European states and Ireland. In Spain‚ the crisis was generated by long-term loans (commonly issued for 40 years)‚ the building market crash‚ which included the bankruptcy of major companies‚ and a particularly severe increase in unemployment‚ which rose to 24.4% by March 2012
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Finance 111: Essay Question a) The so-called Asian financial crisis provided some valuable lessons about nation-state and global financial systems. What are some of those lessons? The Asian Financial Crisis was happened start from Thailand in 1997. It is caused by the outflow of foreign capital. Before 1997‚ one of the initiatives that Thailand try to deregulate the financial system to approachable to foreign capital is Bangkok International Banking Facility (BIBF) and foreign banks were permitted
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The 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis is a major economic and political crisis in Iceland that involved the collapse of all three of the country’s major commercial banks following their difficulties in refinancing their short-term debt and a run on deposits in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Relative to the size of its economy‚ Iceland’s banking collapse is the largest suffered by any country in economic history. The financial crisis had serious consequences for the Icelandic economy
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