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Corporate governance in Greece: developments and policy implications

Spanos, Loukas - EconWPA - 2005

present the main aspects of corporate governance in Greece, contributing to the relevant growing body of literature, and (ii …) to place the current corporate governance developments and trends in Greece within the international debate, especially … governance debate and its implication at the EU level. Secondly, I describe the corporate governance framework in Greece in the …

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MODELING INTEREST RATE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS IN GREECE. IS THERE ANY STRUCTURAL BREAK AFTER EMU?

CHIONIS, DIONYSIOS; LEON, COSTAS - EconWPA - 2005

We examine the transmission process of the policy rate to the lending and deposit rates in Greece for the period 1996 … of Greece into EMU in 2001. The bank rates become much more responsive to the policy rate in terms of impact multipliers …

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Corporate Governance Rating and Family Firms: The Greek Case

Spanos, Loukas; Tsipouri, Lena; Xanthakis, Manolis - EconWPA - 2005

the owners in the management. Family firm is the most common form of business in Greece. Hence, the governance structures … explore the main aspects of CG of family-owned listed companies in Greece. For this purpose, we apply a specific CG rating … on the current state of corporate governance in Greece. Each firm is rated among the 120 total number of companies (both …

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Key emerging and conceptual issues in the development of the rural non-farm economy in developing countries and transition economies

Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk - EconWPA - 2005

The rural non-farm economy (RNFE) is of interest to governments, multilateral donor organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and development practitioners because of its increasing prevalence in both developing and transition economies. In many parts of the world, the number of poor...

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Distribution of the Economic Gains of the 1990s

Parham, Dean; Barnes, Paula; Roberts, Paul; Kennett, Sharon - EconWPA - 2001

„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average income (income per person in Australia). ¡V Annual average income growth accelerated from 1.4 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster...

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Pig and pigmeat industries: safeguard action against imports

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 26 June 1998 the Treasurer referred the question of whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of meat of swine, frozen, falling within tariff sub-heading 0203.29 of the Australian Customs Tariff. The Productivity Commission is to report within 140 days (or earlier) and is to hold...

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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS

Helg, Rodolfo; Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; … - EconWPA - 2001

International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...

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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS

Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; Galeotti, Marzio; … - EconWPA - 2001

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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … employment and participation rates. We begin with a detailed analysis of the reasons of the rapid decrease of employment and … on structural mismatch between labour demand and labour supply in Poland. We find that the employment gap between Poland …

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Skill and Australia's productivity surge

Barnes, Paula; Kennard, Sharon - EconWPA - 2002

Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in the skill of the workforce.

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