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Enforcement of Disclosure Requirements: The Bulgarian Case
Tchipev, Plamen D - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
The process of improving Corporate Governance in emerging markets touches on a number of different aspects of the market organization. One essential area is the regulation, scope, timing and of procedure for mandatory disclosure of information. Disclosure is very important for investors, since...
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Deterrence in Competition Law
Buccirossi, Paolo; Ciari, Lorenzo; Duso, Tomaso; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the deterrence properties of a competition policy regime. On the basis of the economic theory of law enforcement we identify several factors that are likely to affect its degree of deterrence: 1) sanctions and damages; 2) financial and human...
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Self reporting reduces corruption in law enforcement
Motta, Alberto; Burlando, Alfredo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We consider a model of law enforcement where homogenous, risk neutral, and corruptible inspectors are responsible for monitoring citizens who may have committed criminal acts. A welfare maximizing, budget constrained government can implement appropriate wage policies to prevent collusion, but we...
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More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads
Makowsky, Michael; Thomas, Stratmann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the U.S. The role of traffic law enforcement in the reduction of accidents has been studied by relatively few papers and with mixed results that may be due to a simultaneity problem. Traffic law enforcement may reduce...
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Leniency Policies and Illegal Transactions
Buccirossi, Paolo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics. We study the consequences of leniency – reduced legal sanctions for wrongdoers who spontaneously self-report to law enforcers – on sequential, bilateral, illegal transactions, such as corruption, manager-auditor collusion, or drug...
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The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on households in Nigeria. A retrospective approach for research enquiry
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Chiripanhura, Blessing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Nigeria. It uses primary household level data from Nigeria to analyse the impacts of induced price variability on household …
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Households Expenditure Pattern On Beef And Chicken Of Selected Households In Akoko South-West LGA Of Ondo State
Alimi, Santos R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study examined the expenditure pattern of beef and chicken by individual households in Akoko South-West of Ondo State. The study was designed to estimate the monthly expenditure on beef and chicken; evaluate the influence of household income and household size on expenditure as well as...
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Do reticent managers lie during firm surveys?
Clarke, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
evidence consistent with the idea that reticent managers lie. First, it shows that reticent managers in Nigeria report that … is, reticent managers in Nigeria report paying higher wages but they are not doing so. …
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Exchange Rate Volatility and the extent of Currency Substitution in Nigeria
Yinusa, D. Olalekan; Akinlo, A.E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study tests for the existence of currency substitution and attempts to gauge its magnitude in Nigeria. The … Nigeria and the ratio of deposits denominated in foreign currency in the domestic banking system to deposits denominated in … banking system in Nigeria. A major factor driving this process was exchange rate volatility especially real parallel market …
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A DEA Analysis of Bank Performance in Nigeria
Muhammad, Tanko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The recent effort by the Nigerian Central Bank to merge banks, sorely with the aim of increasing shareholders confidence and improved performance, triggered this study. Therefore, the paper measures and decomposes efficiency using the non-parametric approach popularly known as Data Envelopment...
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