Effects of Culture on Firm Risk-Taking : A Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Analysis /

This paper investigates the effects of national culture on firm risk-taking, using a comprehensive dataset covering 50,000 firms in 400 industries in 51 countries. Risk-taking is found to be higher for domestic firms in countries with low uncertainty aversion, low tolerance for hierarchical relation...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Mihet, Roxana
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/210
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF