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Royal Ahold : A Failure of Corporate Governance and an Accounting Scandal

de Jong, A.; DeJong, D.V.; Mertens, G.M.H.; Roosenboom, … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold NV) was one of the major success stories in the 1990s and is one of the major failures, suffering a complete meltdown, in 2003.We investigate the strategy, accounting transparency and corporate governance of Ahold; elements which jointly drive the firm s performance...

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The Role of Self-Regulation in Corporate Governance : Evidence from the Netherlands

de Jong, A.; DeJong, D.V.; Mertens, G.M.H.; Wasley, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

The purpose of this paper is to gather evidence on the success of market forces in promoting investor interests through self-regulation.Corporate governance is a complex mechanism design problem that is both economic and legal/political based.As such there is great interest in whether (and when)...

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MAcMap-HS6 2007, an exhaustive and consistent measure of applied protection in 2007

Guimbard, Houssein; Jean, Sébastien; Mimouni, Mondher; … - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2012

, proposes an exhaustive and consistent measure of applied, preferential tariff protection in 2007. The methodology, similar to … computing ad valorem equivalents of tariff protection, and when computing averages at aggregate levels. The world average … applied protection level in 2007 is estimated to be 4.4%. Compared to 2004, this is a decline by nearly 0.7 percentage point …

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Market Access Liberalisation in the Doha Round: Scenarios and Assessment

Fontagné, Lionel; Guérin, Jean-Louis; Jean, Sébastien - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2003

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A Consistent, Ad-Valorem Equivalent Measure of Applied Protection Across the World: The MAcMap-HS6 Database

Bouët, Antoine; Decreux, Yvan; Fontagné, Lionel; … - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2004

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Binding Overhang and Tariff-Cutting Formulas

Bchir, Mohamed Hedi; Jean, Sébastien; Laborde, David - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2005

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International Trade and Income Distribution: Reconsidering the Evidence

Bensidoun, Isabelle; Jean, Sébastien; Sztulman, Aude - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2005

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Debt Contracts, Collapse and Regulation as Competition Phenomena

Gersbach, H.; Uhlig, H.F.H.V.S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

We study a credit market with adverse selection and moral hazard where sufficient sorting is impossible. The crucial novel feature is the competition between lenders in their choice of contracts offered. Qualities of investment projects are not observable by banks and investment decisions of...

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