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Empirical Investigation of Autonomy and Motivation

Petrova, Kameliia - EconWPA - 2005

I study the effect of workers' motivation on the firm's choice of how much autonomy employees should be given. The main hypothesis of the paper is that employers give autonomy to workers who are already especially motivated. The empirical work is based on data from Wave 1 of the Health and...

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Coasean economics and the evolution of marine property in Hawaii

kaiser, brooks; roumasset, james - EconWPA - 2004

The standard view that the absence of property rights is inefficient contradicts the Coasean proposition that the relative efficiency of different institutions depends on their ability to economize on transaction costs. Moreover, the comparative theory of open access and private property...

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From Decentralisation of Planning to People's Planning: Experiences of the Indian States of West Bengal and Kerala

Charvak - EconWPA - 2005

From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States that have made significant progress in this area. The...

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Centralization and Decentralization of Public Policy in a Complex Framework

Alfano, Maria Rosaria - EconWPA - 2005

usefulness of new optimizing procedures for the governance of decentralization. The first section of the paper explores both … positive and normative issues related to centralization and decentralization in a globalized framework as well as the … conflicting centralization and decentralization processes. Finally, this paper concludes with an exploration of how a form of in …

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Corporate Governance: Securities Market in Moldova

Fadeeva, Natalia - EconWPA - 2004

This paper offers analysis of corporate governance issues behind stock market performance (stock returns and activity) in Moldova - one of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Born during the years of mass privatization, securities market of Moldova enjoyed the support for the...

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Foreign Direct Investment and International Business Cycle Comovement

Jansen, W. Jos; Stokman, Ad C.J. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper investigates the relationship between bilateral FDI positions and cross-country business cycle correlations in the period 1982–2001. We find that countries that have comparatively intensive FDI relations also have more synchronized business cycles during 1995–2001. Before 1995, we...

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Labor Conflict and Foreign Investments: An Analysis of FDI in India

Menon, Nidhiya; Sanyal, Paroma - EconWPA - 2005

This paper analyzes patterns of foreign direct investment in India. We investigate how labor conflict, credit constraints, and indicators of a state’s economic health influence location decisions of foreign firms. We account for the possible endogeneity of labor conflict variables in modeling...

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Offshore investment by Australian firms: survey evidence

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This paper presents the findings of a new survey by the Commission on what motivates Australian firms to operate or relocate their headquarters offshore, and the implications for Australia. The Commission found that the establishment by Australian firms of operations overseas typically...

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Would Fast Sailing Towards the Euro Be Smooth?: What Fundamental Real Exchange Rates Tell Us About Acceding Economies

Smidkova, Katerina; Bulir, Ales - EconWPA - 2004

Computed fundamental real exchange rates in four acceding countries point out to difficulties in entering the ERM II too soon after the EU entry. Computations suggest that it is unlikely for the Czech, Hungarian and Polish economies to maintain low inflation during 2004-2010, and at the same...

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Sequential International Joint-Ventures and the Option to Choose

Lukas, Elmar - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this study is to formalize the optimal choice of market entry strategy for an individual multinational enterprise (MNE) from a dynamic perspective. It is argued that incorporating a suitable treatment of irreversibility, uncertainty and flexibility related to a MNEs investment...

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