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Herring, Richard J.; Kane, Edward J. - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 8 (2010) 1, pp. 14-23

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Suchmaschinen unter der Lupe : Informationsherrschaft und ihre Schranken

Peitz, Martin; Schweitzer, Heike - 2016

Suchmaschinen ermöglichen Nutzern einen schnellen Zugang zu Informationen, die sie konkret suchen oder die sie durch die Suchmaschine entdecken. Sie haben sich zu wichtigen Informationsintermediären entwickelt. Aufgrund ihrer zentralen Rolle in der Informationsvermittlung und der...

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Money and privacy : Android market evidence

Kummer, Michael E.; Schulte, Patrick - 2014

We study the role of privacy in the market for mobile applications. For such programs used with smartphones and tablet PCs a very important market has emerged. Yet, neither the role of privacy on that market is well understood, nor do we have empirical evidence regarding its role therein. We...

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Towards an EU framework for safeguarding financial stability : bank regulation (Forum)

Nieto, María J.; Schinasi, Garry J. - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 6 (2008) 3, pp. 27-36

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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?

Osterloh, Steffen (contributor); … - 2008

Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...

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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector

Köhler, Matthias (contributor) - 2008

Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in … governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the efficiency of shareholder control and hostile takeovers as corporate … governance mechanisms in the EU banking sector against the background of the regulatory environment and differences in the …

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The regulation and privatisation of the public water supply and the resulting competitive effects

Wackerbauer, Johann - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 4 (2006) 4, pp. 42-49

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Partisan politics in corporate tax competition

Osterloh, Steffen; Debus, Marc - 2009

This paper studies the effects of political factors, mainly partisanship, on corporate taxes in the past 30 years – a period of intensifying competitive pressure in Europe. Extending the Zodrow-Mieszkowski model by decision-makers who have ideological preferences yields the hypothesis that...

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Macro-prudential policy : an assessment ; regulation of the financial sector (Forum)

Milne, Alistair - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 8 (2010) 1, pp. 28-33

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The impact of personal and corporate taxation on capital structure choices

Overesch, Michael (contributor); Voeller, Dennis (contributor) - 2008

This paper empirically analyses whether both personal and corporate taxation have an impact on companies' capital structure decisions. We investigate the effect of the difference in taxation of debt and equity financing on capital structures. Our empirical results, based on a comprehensive panel...

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