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Fishing for Excuses and Performance Evaluation
Larmande, François; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - CESifo - 2014
We study a principal-agent model in which the agent can provide ex post additional relevant information regarding his performance. In particular, he can provide a legitimate excuse, that is, evidence that a poor result is only due to factors outside his control. However, building a convincing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877776
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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - CESifo - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766276
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Evaluation of Researchers: A Life Cycle Analysis of German Academic Economists
Rauber, Michael; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2006
In this paper we ague that any meaningful bibliometric evaluation of researchers needs to take into account that research productivity follows distinct life cycles. Using an encompassing data set portraying the research behavior of German academic economists, we first show that research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094159
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How should Financial Intermediation Services be Taxed?
Lockwood, Benjamin - CESifo - 2010
equilibrium when banks have monopoly power, justifying a Pigouvian tax in this case. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727277
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Stock Markets, Banks and Long Run Economics Growth: A Panel Cointegration-Based Analysis
Cavenaile, Laurent; Gengenbach, Christian; Palm, Franz - CESifo - 2013
The aim of this paper is to investigate the long run relationship between the development of banks and stock markets … as evidence supporting the significance of financial development for economic development although banks and stock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723543
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EU Banks Rating Assignments: Is there Heterogeneity between New and Old Member Countries?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Matousek, Roman; Stewart, Chris - CESifo - 2010
We model EU countries’ bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … differences in financial factors, which may reflect differences in country risk and the legal and regulatory framework that banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583666
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Banking Crisis Resolution Policy - Lessons from Recent Experience - which elements are needed for robust and efficient crisis resolution?
Mayes, David G. - CESifo - 2009
The current financial crisis has sparked intense debate about how weak banks should be resolved. Despite international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583712
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Home Bank Intermediation of Foreign Direct Investment
Poelhekke, Steven - CESifo - 2011
lower volumes of outward FDI from the bank’s home market. …This paper investigates the benefits of banks’ direct investment in foreign subsidiaries and branches for non …-financial multinationals. The paper builds on the literature on international banks which has primarily focused on the implications for host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147744
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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions—and particularly trust in banks, business and government—has declined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872215