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Optimal central bank design : benchmarks for the ECB

Berger, Helge (contributor) - 2006

The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A particular focus is on the size of monetary policy committees, the degree of centralization, and the representation of relative economic size in the voting rights of regional (or...

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Disclosure deregulation of quarterly reporting

Behrmann, Vanessa; Hornuf, Lars; Zimmermann, Jochen - 2021 - This version: October 5, 2021

Directive into German law and analyze whether a reduction in the minimum content requirements for quarterly reporting increases …, our results reveal that over the period from 2012 to 2019, lower quarterly reporting levels on average have increased … coverage. Our results are robust to potential selection effects regarding firms’ choice of quarterly reporting content levels. …

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Gender quotas : challenging the boards, performance, and the stock market

Ferrari, Giulia; Ferraro, Valeria; Profeta, Paola; … - 2016

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing before and after the reform within firms, we find that quotas are associated with a higher share of female board directors, higher levels of education of board members, and a lower...

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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure

Graziano, Clara (contributor); … - 2005

The paper analyzes the optimal structure of the board of directors in a firm with a large shareholder sitting on the board. In a one-tier structure the sole board performs all tasks, while in a two-tier structure the management board is in charge of project selection and the supervisory board is...

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What do central bankers do? : evidence from the European Central Bank's Executive Board

Badinger, Harald; Nitsch, Volker - 2019

This paper examines how managers at the top of a public institution, central bank executives, allocate their working time. Using detailed information from personal diaries of the six members of the European Central Bank's Executive Board over a period of two years, we codify and analyze more...

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Gender diversity, labour in the boardroom and gender quotas

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2022

This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has a positive effect on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany, which contain unique information on whether a director...

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Cracks in the boards : the opportunity cost of governance homogeneity

Maghin, Helene - 2022 - This version: June 23, 2022, first version: July 24, 2019

Does the composition of governance affect firm outcomes? We exploit the timings and thresholds of a gender quota in boards of directors and supervisory boards to causally determine the impact of a change in leadership on performance. Using a novel design and data on boards, we find that firms...

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The bright side of the GDPR : welfare-improving privacy management

Choe, Chongwoo; Matsushima, Noriaki; Shekhar, Shiva - 2023

We study the GDPR's opt-in requirement in a model with a firm that provides a digital service and consumers who are heterogeneous in their valuations of the firm's service as well as the privacy costs incurred when sharing personal data with the firm. We show that the GDPR boosts demand for the...

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A tale of two debt crises : a stochastic optimal control analysis

Stein, Jerome L. (contributor) - 2008

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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures

Carson, Scott A. (contributor) - 2008

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