Arbeitspapier

The births, lives, and deaths of corporations in late Imperial Russia

Enterprise creation, destruction, and evolution support the transition to modern economic growth, yet these processes are poorly understood in industrializing contexts. We investigate Imperial Russia's industrial development at the firm-level by examining entry, exit, and persistence of corporations. Relying on newly developed balance sheet panel data from every active Russian corporation (N > 2500) between 1899 and 1914, we examine the characteristics of entering and exiting corporations, how new entrants evolved, and the impact of founder identity on subsequent outcomes. Russian corporations operated flexibly and competitively, conditional on overcoming distortionary institutional barriers to entry that slowed the emergence of these leading firms in the Imperial economy

ISBN
978-952-323-356-0
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: BOFIT Discussion Papers ; No. 26/2020

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: Pre-1913
Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Europe: Pre-1913
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
Thema
entry and exit
firm dynamics
Imperial Russia
corporations
industrialization

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Gregg, Amanda
Nafziger, Steven
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Gregg, Amanda
  • Nafziger, Steven
  • Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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