Plausibly Exogenous [1316] - Employment Targets (09/08/2023)
LHS Variable
Firm employment decisions
RHS Variable
Employment targets during the privatization of firms
Source of Exogenous Variation
Heterogeneous preferences of privatizers and their quasi-random assignment to firms.
- Akcigit et al. (2023), “Committing to Grow: Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany”