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incentive pay in the critical banking segments of treasury/capital market management and investment banking for 66 banks. We …
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The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … pay in Austria, which in turn is associated with collective bargaining agreements and competition with alternative school …
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This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. Our main contribution is to …
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theory of knowledge hierarchies in an industry equilibrium model of monopolistic competition to examine how the economic … test the theory with original and matched parent and affiliate data on the level of decentralization of 660 Austrian and …
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Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and … Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII. Some war events that are generally considered crucial are clearly reflected in … is Germany's capitulation in 1945. The analysis of financial markets provides a fruitful method to evaluate the …
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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female … longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for …
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within education groups, our theory helps to explain (1) rising wage inequality between groups, and (2) rising wage …
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Taxes levied on production processes (e.g. VAT), are today a very important source of government revenues in developed economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate in perfectly competitive markets. These theories...
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Concentrated ownership of large listed companies is widespread throughout the world, and Germany is typical in this … on minority shareholders of increased ownership (greater monitoring of management, and reduced incentives to exploit …
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