One-third codetermination at company supervisory boards and firm performance in German manufacturing industries: first direct evidence from a new type of enterprise data

"This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination - firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with compre...

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Main Author: Wagner, Joachim
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2009
IZA
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19187340124919055229-one-third-codetermination-at-c.htm
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Summary:"This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination - firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with comprehensive data on the firms from official statistics. The data allow for the first time a direct comparison of enterprises from the same size class with and without codetermination at the supervisory board level. It is shown that one-third codetermination at the supervisory board level in limited-liability companies from West German manufacturing industries seems to be neither positively nor negatively related to two core firm performance indicators, productivity and profitability."
Physical Description:20 p.
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