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Hebbink, G.E.; Prast, H.M. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1998

This report presents an overview of the theory of regulation in general, with special attention for the regulation of banks. Two theories of government regulation are described. The first, normative, theory uses market failures as the justification of government regulation. The second, positive,...

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Preferential regulatory treatment and banks' demand for government bonds

Bonner, Clemens - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2014

Government bonds receive preferential treatment in financial regulation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of this preferential treatment on banks' demand for government bonds. Using unique transaction-level data, our analysis suggests that preferential treatment in liquidity...

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Bank runs in the Diamond-Dybvig model

Wit, J.N.M. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1998

The Diamond-Dybvig model provides an explanation for: (1) the existence of banks as a risk sharing agreement between depositors against unexpected liquidity needs, (2) bank runs as an act of collective irrationality by rational depositors, and (3) the introduction of deposit insurance as an...

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Credit Rating Agencies

Haan, Jakob de; Amtenbrink, Fabian - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2011

This paper critically reviews the debate on CRAs and, in the light thereof, analyses the European regulatory approach to CRAs, thereby combining insights from economics and law. We first provide some basic background on the function of CRAs. Thereafter, we focus on the two main tasks for which...

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The Power of (No) Recognition: Experimental Evidence from the University Classroom

Hoogveld, Nicky; Zubanov, Nikolay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … that conformance to performance norm is the most likely behavioral mechanism behind our findings. …

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Entrepreneurial Couples

Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam C. van; Thompson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

performance and post-dissolution private and financial outcomes with a selected set of comparable firms and couples. We find …

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Run for Fun: Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Performance

Filippin, Antonio; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

teams and run for an hour. This allows us not only to study the individual relationship between age and performance but also … performance goes down with age, although the speed-age gradient is rather flat. Group performance goes down with age as well, but … interestingly a counterbalancing force emerges, namely team dynamics that are driven by performance of runners who enter and leave. …

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Earnings Progression, Human Capital and Incentives: Theory and Evidence

Frederiksen, Anders - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The career prospects of newly recruited employees differ substantially within an organization. The stars experience a considerable growth in earnings; others can hardly maintain their entry salaries. This article sheds light on the mechanisms generating the observed heterogeneity in earnings...

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Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Kim, Yunhee; Lee, Jeong-Dong; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality … relationship with economic growth and performance. For the empirical results we use panel data on the Korean manufacturing sector …

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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

competitiveness of the environment and there is no significant difference in performance in the real-effort task across the …

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