fluctuations in rainfall to capture the exogenous variation in trade between Germany, France, the U.K., and the Ottoman Empire …

higher in France than in the United States, and noticeably lower in the United Kingdom (by roughly 10%) and even lower in … Japan (30%), while TFP levels are very close in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, but much lower (40%) in … to France and Japan, a relative decline that was interrupted by the second world war (WW2); (iii) the remarkable catching …

of two large firms: the South Sea Company in Great Britain and the Mississippi Company in France. In this paper we …

an improved current account). France's decision to suspend the free coinage of silver in 1876 played a paramount role in … France's decision to end bimetallism was exogenous from the viewpoint of countries on the silver standard. To deal with …

We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium sized manufacturing firms in the … US, France, Germany and the UK. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm …-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross …

promoted management training trips for European managers at US firms. Through the analysis of reports compiled by UK, France … increase thanks to the program. The fact that European businesses were not forced to adopt the American management model, but …

are projected to pay to the government now and in the future. The generational accounting system represents an alternative …

This paper develops a signaling model in which accounting information improves real investment decisions. Pure cash …' interests. Accounting by prespecified, "objective" rules alleviates the underinvestment problem …