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This Paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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The objective of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which technological specialization influences the observed R&D intensity of countries. The econometric analysis performed on a cross-country cross-industry panel dataset (21 industrial sectors, 18 countries, from 2001 to 2004) suggests...
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Using detailed data on currency transactions of institutional investors, this paper shows that funds that experience high returns on their currency holdings also execute currency trades at more favourable prices. This observation is consistent with foreign exchange dealers bidding for...
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We use a comprehensive dataset of Funds-of-Hedge-Funds (FoFs) to investigate performance, risk and capital formation in … superior performance over time. In keeping with this implication, we provide evidence that even successful hedge funds have … experienced a recent, dramatic decline in risk-adjusted performance. …
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Performance indicators are increasingly used to regulate quality in health care and other areas of the public sector …
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We analyse the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and … ownership improves economic performance, but domestic private ownership does not, relative to state-owned firms. Foreign firms … increasing profit. Ownership concentration is associated with superior performance, thus providing support to the agency theory …
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against our data. We find that team size affects the impact of the incentive scheme upon performance. Moreover, while the …
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In this paper firm level data are used to test whether competition affects productivity performance in three transition … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short …-run competitive pressure has a positive impact on performance. The paper also finds evidence that ownership matters. Traditional firms …
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-advertising families. At the family level, flows have a convex relation with advertising expenditures, similar to that for performance … redemptions rather than increasing purchases of fund shares. We further find that advertising can affect the fund’s flow-performance …
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We investigate an informal yet important mechanism in the private equity industry that helps to reduce uncertainty: relationship building. Based on a large sample of private equity funds over the 1980-2010 period, we find that the general partners strategically allocate good funds to loyal...
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