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The convergence of financial systems in Europe

Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Hackethal, Andreas; Tyrell, Marcel - 2001

Since the beginning of the 1990s, it has been widely expected that the implementation of the European Single Market would lead to a rapid convergence of Europe’s financial systems. In the present paper we will show that at least in the period prior to the introduction of the common currency...

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Pension Systems and Financial Systems in Europe: A Comparison from the Point of View of Complementarity

Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Tyrell, Marcel - 2001

At present, the question of how national pension or retirement payment systems should be organised is being hotly debated in various countries, and opinions vary widely as to what should be regarded as the optimal design for such systems. It appears to the authors of the present paper that in...

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The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

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Does competition enhance performance or cheating? A laboratory experiment

Schwieren, Christiane; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2008

academia have been partially explained by competitive pressures, which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In our … sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women's cheating behavior is entirely due to the fact … individual to conduct a particular task and not sex that crucially affects the reaction to competition. Poor performers …

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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292738

Market orientation and gender wage gaps: An international study

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2007

in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …

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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294546

Does competition enhance performance or cheating? A laboratory experiment

Schwieren, Christiane; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2008

academia have been partially explained by "competitive pressures", which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In … no overall sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women's cheating behavior is entirely due to … of an individual to conduct a particular task and not sex that crucially affects the reaction to competition. Poor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294922

Structural Change in the German Banking System?

Hackethal, Andreas; Schmidt, Reinhard H. - 2005

This paper starts out by pointing out the challenges and weaknesses which the German banking systems faces according to the prevailing views among national and international observers. These challenges include a general problem of profitability and, possibly as its main reason, the strong role...

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Banks and German Corporate Governance: On the Way to a Capital Market-Based System?

Hackethal, Andreas; Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Tyrell, Marcel - 2005

The German corporate governance system has long been cited as the standard example of an insider-controlled and stakeholder-oriented system. We argue that despite important reforms and substantial changes of individual elements of the German corporate governance system the main characteristics...

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