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Compensation in the Financial Sector: Are all Bankers Superstars?

Célérier, C. - Banque de France - 2010

Based on a survey among French engineers, I find that employees in the financial sector are highly paid. I also find large pay differences within the sector and that a large share of compensation is variable. I consider three potential models accounting for these facts: a model of superstars...

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Effect of bank capital requirements on economic growth: a survey

Martynova, Natalya - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2015

This paper reviews studies exploring how higher bank capital requirements affect economic growth. There is little evidence of a direct effect; research focuses on the indirect effects of capital requirements on credit supply, bank asset risk, and cost of bank capital, which in turn can affect...

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Financial stability in the EU new Member States, acceding and candidate countries.

Diev, P.; Pouvelle, C. - Banque de France - 2008

Rapid credit growth in the EU new Member States, acceding and candidate countries has raised the issue of financial stability in the region. This rapid credit growth has been accompanied by the deterioration in the current account balance and the large-scale distribution of foreign currency...

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Incentive Pay and Performance: Insider Econometrics in a Multi-Unit Firm

Bogaard, Hein; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We exploit organizational reforms in a foreign-owned bank in Central-East Europe to study the implementation of modern HRM policies in an emerging market context. We have branch-level data and use our knowledge of the process that led to the adoption of the reforms to implement two estimators...

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Foreign Banks and Credit Stability in Central and Eastern Europe: Friends or Foes? A Panel Data Analysis

Haas, Ralph de; Lelyveld, Iman van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

We study whether foreign and domestic banks in Central and Eastern Europe have reacted differently to business cycle conditions and host country banking crises. Our unique panel dataset comprises data of more than 300 banks for the period 1993-2000, with detailed information on bank ownership...

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Foreign Banks and Credit Stability in Central and Eastern Europe: A Panel Data Analysis

Haas, Ralph de; Lelyveld, Iman van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

We study whether foreign and domestic banks in Central and Eastern Europe react differently to business cycle conditions and host country banking crises. Our unique panel dataset comprises data of more than 250 banks for the period 1993-2000, with detailed information on bank ownership and mode...

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Financial fragility under implicit insurance scheme: Evidence from the collapse of Thai financial institutions

Anuchitworawong, Chaiyasit - Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic … - 2004

Using the Thai experience as a clinical study of a financial crisis, we investigate financial failures of Thai financial institutions. This study augments the CAMEL perspective by considering corporate governance and the moral hazard problems under the state of implicit government guarantee. The...

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Foreign Banks and Credit Stability in Central and Eastern Europe: Friends or Foes? A Panel Data Analysis

Haas, Ralph de; Lelyveld, Iman van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

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Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data

Lallemand, Thierry; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

games and underdogs to be less performing. They also show that the performance differential between players increases with …

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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency

Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency's performance management system and personnel …This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … records plus matched labour market data. We focus on three main issues: whether performance pay matters for public service …

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