Krislert Samphantharak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4179752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krislert Samphantharak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krislert |
| FAMILY NAME | Samphantharak |
| SIGNATURE | SAMPHANTHARAK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
State Capitalism in East Asia
The chapter examines the relationship between political regimes and state capitalism in East Asia, with accompanying cases to illustrate the dynamics. A four-regime typology is used to characterize national political systems, including narrow authoritarian regimes (Brunei), single party authoritarian regime (China), dominant party authoritarian regime (Singapore), and democracy (Taiwan). With regard to the manifestation of state capitalism, we fo…
Ethnic Segregation and Public Goods: Evidence from Indonesia
This article contributes to the study of ethnic diversity and public goods provision by assessing the role of the spatial distribution of ethnic groups. Through a new theory that we callspatial interdependence, we argue that the segregation of ethnic groups can reduce or even neutralize the "diversity penalty" in public goods provision that results from ethnic fractionalization. This is because local segregation allows communities to use disparit…
The Rise of China and Foreign Direct Investment from Southeast Asia
This paper discusses foreign direct investment from Southeast Asia to China. With the exception of some government-linked companies, most investments from Southeast Asia have been dominated by the region's overseas Chinese businesses. In addition to cheap labour costs, large domestic market and growing economy, China has provided business opportunities to investors from Southeast Asia thanks to their geographic proximity and ethnic connections, a…
Measuring the return on household enterprise: What matters most for whom
Lobbying and Taxes
Lobbying dominates corporate political spending, but comprehensive studies of the benefits accrued are scarce. Using a dataset of all U.S. firms with publicly available financial statements, we delve into the tax benefits obtained from lobbying. Firms that spend more on lobbying in a given year pay lower effective tax rates in the next year. Increasing registered lobbying expenditures by 1% appears to lower effective tax rates by somewhere in the…
Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs
This paper utilizes a unique dataset of 500 firms in ten Cambodian provinces and a natural experiment to test a long-held convention in political economy that the predictability of a corruption is at least as important for firm investment decisions as the amount of bribes a firm must pay, provided the bribes are not prohibitively expensive. Our results suggest that this hypothesis is correct. Firms exposed to a shock to their bribe schedules by a…
Lobbying and Taxes
Lobbying dominates corporate political spending, but comprehensive studies of the benefits accrued are scarce. Using a dataset of all U.S. firms with publicly available financial statements, we delve into the tax benefits obtained from lobbying. Firms that spend more on lobbying in a given year pay lower effective tax rates in the next year. Increasing registered lobbying expenditures by 1% appears to lower effective tax rates by somewhere in the…
Ethnic Segregation and Public Goods: Evidence from Indonesia
This article contributes to the study of ethnic diversity and public goods provision by assessing the role of the spatial distribution of ethnic groups. Through a new theory that we callspatial interdependence, we argue that the segregation of ethnic groups can reduce or even neutralize the "diversity penalty" in public goods provision that results from ethnic fractionalization. This is because local segregation allows communities to use disparit…
Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs
This paper utilizes a unique dataset of 500 firms in ten Cambodian provinces and a natural experiment to test a long-held convention in political economy that the predictability of a corruption is at least as important for firm investment decisions as the amount of bribes a firm must pay, provided the bribes are not prohibitively expensive. Our results suggest that this hypothesis is correct. Firms exposed to a shock to their bribe schedules by a…
The Rise of China and Foreign Direct Investment from Southeast Asia
This paper discusses foreign direct investment from Southeast Asia to China. With the exception of some government-linked companies, most investments from Southeast Asia have been dominated by the region's overseas Chinese businesses. In addition to cheap labour costs, large domestic market and growing economy, China has provided business opportunities to investors from Southeast Asia thanks to their geographic proximity and ethnic connections, a…
Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs
This paper utilizes a unique dataset of 500 firms in ten Cambodian provinces and a natural experiment to test a long-held convention in political economy that the predictability of a corruption is at least as important for firm investment decisions as the amount of bribes a firm must pay, provided the bribes are not prohibitively expensive. Our results suggest that this hypothesis is correct. Firms exposed to a shock to their bribe schedules by a…
Lobbying and Taxes
Lobbying dominates corporate political spending, but comprehensive studies of the benefits accrued are scarce. Using a dataset of all U.S. firms with publicly available financial statements, we delve into the tax benefits obtained from lobbying. Firms that spend more on lobbying in a given year pay lower effective tax rates in the next year. Increasing registered lobbying expenditures by 1% appears to lower effective tax rates by somewhere in the…
The Rise of China and Foreign Direct Investment from Southeast Asia
This paper discusses foreign direct investment from Southeast Asia to China. With the exception of some government-linked companies, most investments from Southeast Asia have been dominated by the region's overseas Chinese businesses. In addition to cheap labour costs, large domestic market and growing economy, China has provided business opportunities to investors from Southeast Asia thanks to their geographic proximity and ethnic connections, a…
Measuring the return on household enterprise: What matters most for whom
Ethnic Segregation and Public Goods: Evidence from Indonesia
This article contributes to the study of ethnic diversity and public goods provision by assessing the role of the spatial distribution of ethnic groups. Through a new theory that we callspatial interdependence, we argue that the segregation of ethnic groups can reduce or even neutralize the "diversity penalty" in public goods provision that results from ethnic fractionalization. This is because local segregation allows communities to use disparit…
State Capitalism in East Asia
The chapter examines the relationship between political regimes and state capitalism in East Asia, with accompanying cases to illustrate the dynamics. A four-regime typology is used to characterize national political systems, including narrow authoritarian regimes (Brunei), single party authoritarian regime (China), dominant party authoritarian regime (Singapore), and democracy (Taiwan). With regard to the manifestation of state capitalism, we fo…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Investment (military (2 works)