Diese Schrift gibt einen Überblick über die Evolution und die Entwicklungen im Bereich des betrieblichen Rechnungswesens und deckt eine zeitliche Spanne von etwa 5.500 Jahren ab. Begonnen wird bei den Wirtschaftstexten der Sumerer, und im Folgenden werden die Epochen Antike, Feudalismus und...

Although post-merger integration (PMI) in management control systems (MCSs) is a key determinant of successful corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As), it has not attracted due academic attention because the existing case studies on PMI is are highly concentrated on integration in terms of...

Diese Schrift gibt einen Überblick über die Evolution und die Entwicklungen im Bereich des betrieblichen Rechnungswesens und deckt eine zeitliche Spanne von etwa 5.500 Jahren ab. Begonnen wird bei den Wirtschaftstexten der Sumerer, und im Folgenden werden die Epochen Antike, Feudalismus und...

This paper presents evidence that the spread between the marginal product of capital and the return on financial assets is mich higher in poor than in rich countries. A model with costly intermediation is developed. In this economy, individuals choose at each instant whether to work or to...

Since the mid-1980s a substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature...

During the past half century many nations have adopted policies whose function is to discourage cartels and other restrictive practices. Industrialized nations led the movement toward pro-competition policies, but more recently, developing nations have begun to join the parade. Initial steps...

The paper describes tests of hypotheses from economic history concerning the significance of financial development as a determinant of economic growth. It goes beyond the existing studies in drawing on a large panel data set covering 93 countries from 1970-90 and includes a new proxy for the...

To clarify the causal links between financial activity and economic growth, three theoretical models are analyzed and a structural equation path models is estimated. In the modeling part, poverty traps result from large fixed costs or high proportions of real investment to run a financial...