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Corporate governance quality : trends and real effects

De Nicolò, Gianni; Laeven, Luc; Ueda, Kenichi - In: Journal of financial intermediation 17 (2008) 2, pp. 198-228

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Determinants of deposit-insurance adoption and design

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Kane, Edward J.; Laeven, Luc - In: Journal of financial intermediation 17 (2008) 3, pp. 407-438

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Do rankings reflect research quality?

Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Rost, Katja (contributor) - 2008

Publication and citation rankings have become major indicators of the scientific worth of universities and countries, and determine to a large extent the career of individual scholars. We argue that such rankings do not effectively measure research quality, which should be the essence of...

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Politicians : be killed or survive

Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2008

: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …, decentralization via the division of power and federalism, larger cabinet size and strengthened civil society. There is also support …

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International taxation and multinational firm location decisions

Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2008

Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...

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Awards in economics : towards a new field of inquiry

Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2009

Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics profession and analyzes the number and type of awards...

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Corporate governance norms and practices

Chhaochharia, Vidhi; Laeven, Luc - In: Journal of financial intermediation 18 (2009) 3, pp. 405-431

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Making world heritage truly global : the culture certificate scheme

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2009

Culture has attributes of a global public good that needs to be preserved for mankind as a whole. World Culture … Certificates are proposed to efficiently preserve World Heritage. The community of nations has to agree on the Global Heritage List … and how much each nation is to contribute to that purpose. Each World Heritage site conserved is acknowledged through the …

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World heritage: where are we? : an empirical analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2010

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered "balanced" from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …

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World heritage list : does it make sense?

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - 2010

The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured sites of humanity's culture and landscapes. The World … excessive tourism, and in times of war or by terrorists. -- global public good ; World Heritage ; cultural certificates …

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