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Of Religion and Redemption : Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans (Replaces CentER DP 2010-136)
Baele, Lieven; Farooq, M.; Ongena, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
during Ramadan and in big cities if the share of votes to religious-political parties increases, suggesting that religion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090645
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Risk Aversion and Religion
Noussair, Charles; Trautmann, Stefan T.; Kuilen, Gijs van de - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
than Catholics. Third, our data suggest that the link between risk aversion and religion is driven by social aspects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090796
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Motives of Socially Responsible Business Conduct
Graafland, Johan; Kaptein, M.; V, Mazereeuw; d Duijn … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010
The social and ecological challenges that governments face have raised their interest in socially responsible business conduct (SRBC). In this article we analyze the motives of executives to perform SRBC. We distinguish three types of motives: financial, ethical and altruistic motives. We test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090824
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The Credit Crisis and The Moral Responsibility of Professionals in Finance
Graafland, Johan; van de Ven, B.W. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
Starting from MacIntyre's virtue ethics, we investigate several codes of conduct of banks to identify the type of virtues that are needed to realize their mission. Based on this analysis, we define three core virtues: honesty, due care and accuracy. We compare and contrast these codes of conduct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091791
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Faithful Strategies : How Religion Shapes Nonprofit Management
Filistrucchi, Lapo; Prüfer, Jens - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
Abstract: This paper studies the strategies employed by Catholic and Protestant nonprofit hospitals in Germany and traces them back to the theological foundations of those religions, which shape managers' values. We find that Catholic nonprofit hospitals follow a strategy of horizontal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091812
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Control Structures and Payout Policy
Renneboog, Luc; Trojanowski, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
This paper examines the payout policies of UK firms listed on the London Stock Exchange during the 1990s.It complements the existing literature by analyzing the trends in both dividends and total payouts (including share repurchases).In a dynamic panel data regression setting, we relate target...
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Corporate Restructuring and Bondholder Wealth
Renneboog, Luc; Szilagyi, P.G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
This paper provides an overview of existing research on how corporate restructuring affects the wealth of creditors.Restructuring is defined as any transaction that affects the firm's underlying capital structure.Thus, it reaches well beyond asset restructuring and includes transactions such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090388
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Taxes, Earnings Payout, and Payout Channel Choice
Renneboog, Luc; Geiler, P.H.M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2014
reduce the dividend payout and increase the use of share repurchases. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090939
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When do German Firms Change their Dividends?
Renneboog, Luc; Correia Da Silva, L.; Goergen, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dividend policy of German firms is more flexible than the one of their Anglo …-American counterparts.This paper analyses the decision to change the dividend for a panel of 221 German firms from 1984 to 1994.The choice … followed by a recession.Consistent with the traditional dividend literature, e.g.Lintner (1956), net earnings are key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091618
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The Dividend Policy of German Firms
Renneboog, Luc; Andres, C.; Betzer, A.; Goergen, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2008
and US firms. We estimate partial adjustment models and report two major findings. First, German firms base their dividend … more flexible dividend policies as they are willing to cut the dividend when profitability is only temporarily down. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091720