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A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry
Burks, Stephen V.; Krupka, Erin L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper presents the results of a field study at a large financial services firm that combines multiple methods, including two economic experiments, to measure ethical norms and their behavioral correlates. Standard survey questions eliciting ethical evaluations of actions in on-the-job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151026
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Risk Management among the Poor: The Case of Microfinancial Services
Arun, Thankom; Bendig, Mirko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper argues that the level of financial services provision determines the risk management strategies among the poor. The paper estimates the determinants of the household’s use of one, two or all three types of microfinancial services applying ordered probit models and additionally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564688
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Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms
Benfratello, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Sembenelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
banking development reduces the cash flow sensitivity of fixed investment spending, particularly for small firms, and that it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822124
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
(favorable) impact on investment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822189
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Accounting for China's Growth
Brandt, Loren; Zhu, Xiaodong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615448
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Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export: A Real Option Approach
Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas; Bilkic, Natasa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
an alternative way to model whether firms export or not, namely as a firm-level decision akin to an investment decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791522
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The Radical Innovation Investment Decision Refined
Bilkic, Natasa; Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791525
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Kostov, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766375
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Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter
Kostov, Philip; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Annim, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
categorised in three types namely; general accounts and services, investment/savings and insurance/assurance. Taking into account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766378